What is the latest age for a boy to speak?

  Boys generally speak simple words at the age of one year or more, and no later than two to three years old.  In fact, the age at which boys can speak varies from person to person, and some boys do not even speak until they are two and a half or three years old. Boys’ language development is slightly behind that of girls, so they speak later. Factors that affect boys’ late speech include parenting styles and attitudes, family genetics, environmental factors, or hearing defects. If the hearing defect may affect the boy’s language development system, serious cases can lead to the boy is difficult to learn to speak, should promptly go to the hospital for medical consultation. Generally as long as the child’s intelligence, hearing and tongue are normal, there is no need to worry excessively. And talking late does not affect intelligence, usually pay attention not to give the child pressure, more communication with the child to guide the child to speak, so that the child in learning to speak to maintain a happy mood, so as to promote the growth and development of children.  Boys learn to speak attention to maintain adequate sleep, but also eat more high-quality high-protein, trace elements of food, usually also more exercise, which is more conducive to promoting growth and development.