Speech Milestones

Typical Speech Development Patterns

• 0-6 months
  • Coos
  • Vocalizes open vowel sounds
  • Laughs
• 6-12 months
  • Emergence of consonantal babbling
  • Produces consonant-vowel (cv) and repeated cv combinations
  • Imitates cv syllables
  • Imitates non-speech sounds (e.g. raspberries)
• 12-24 months
  • Uses early-appearing consonants /p,b,m,t,d,n,w/ in babbling and in true words or word approximations
  • Increases variety of syllable and word shapes (e.g. cv, vc, cvcv and cvc)
  • Engages in jargon with varied intonation
• 24-48 months
  • Continues to expand consonant inventory (see chart below)
  • Uses a variety of syllable and word shapes (e.g. cv, vc, cvcv, cvc, vcv, cvcvc, ccvc)

Speech Production Chart

When should a child produce a sound accurately in all positions (beginning, middle, end) of words?