So I decided to make an appointment with Dr Bernhardt before he leaves at the end of June to discuss Finley's speech - or lack of it. I am still torn on whether she is just being lazy or simply cannot. Sometimes she is as clear as day but most other times its a lot of mumbling and whatnot. She can probably say about 25 - 30 words very clearly which is alright but not good enough. She is around other kids her age 2 - 3x a week so she gets the interaction with kids which is necessary but I usually notice how far behind she is in terms of speaking.
Because she can comprehend almost everything you say to her I wasn't concerned that it was a severe learning disability or anything like that. So we went in and he said that Finley had to have her hearing tested and see a speech pathologist and gave me all the info to do so. He said that he didn't think hearing was part of Finley's problem but its procedure for speech delayment and stuff like that.
I called the hearing place and they told me that because of her age she needs to go to the Alberta Children's Hospital and gave me the number. I spoke to the nicest lady who kept referring to Finley as a boy despite me correcting her who said that I need to fax her the referral sheet I had and she would be entered into the system but advised me that there was a lengthy wait to see an Audiologist. I am not too concerned because I am almost 100% certain her hearing is of no problem whatsoever.
The speech pathologist is located at East Calgary Health Center which is downtown. It is in the preschool speech + language division of the Calgary Healthy Region. They were closed today so we have to wait until Monday to book an appointment. Hopefully we will be able to figure out what is causing Finley delays in her speech development and correct it as soon as possible.
Will keep you updated on our progress!
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