Symptoms of mental retardation in children?

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The lower the IQ is, the worse the speaking ability is. Some children whose IQ is lower than 50 can't even develop the necessary speaking skills. However, children with mild mental retardation have other cognitive defects in their speaking ability, which can be known after diagnostic intelligence test. Symptoms of mental retardation in children? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of mental retardation in children?

1. Language retardation: unable to speak beyond the age of learning to speak. After beginning to speak, the development of children is slower or stagnant than other normal children. Language skills are low, language application, vocabulary and grammar application are lower than the same age children. Accompanied by often open mouth, tongue, salivation, molars, eyes, often unconscious expression or action.

2. Physical retardation: compared with children of the same age, height, weight and head circumference are lower, which does not meet the development indicators of normal children. A detailed consultation with a professional doctor should be made in time to confirm whether further examination is needed.

3. Mental retardation: after entering school, there are learning difficulties, low comprehension, lack of comprehensive analysis ability and simple thinking. After hard work, they can barely reach the level of primary school graduation, have certain social skills, and have a low level of occupational adaptability in adulthood. They are often docile, lack of self-determination, and lack of ability to cope with environmental changes.

matters needing attention

Each child's language development has its own individual differences, some early and some late, but if the child can't speak or has no communicative language at the age of 3, parents should consider whether the child is stunted. Language retardation refers to the abnormal development of children's oral expression ability or language understanding ability caused by various reasons.