Curing Speech Deficiency through Homeopathy

Although infants are communicating long before they begin to talk, parents eagerly await their children’s first word which usually happens around the child’s first birthday. However, for some parents, that milestone would pass longer until they would realize that it may not be possible. Relatives and other family members may console the parents and assure them that the child is simply a “late-bloomer” or that “boys talk later than girls.” In some cases though, there may be an underlying factor or root issue that delays the child’s capacity to talk.

Around this time, it is a natural reaction for parents to seek immediate assistance or speech therapist. The Peterson Group, with its group of medical experts on alternative, complementary and integrative medicines, advises the use of homeopathic treatment.

The list for the possible reasons of speech delay is long. It may be caused by long--autism spectrum disorder or another developmental disability; auditory sensitivities; auditory processing difficulties; deafness; a history of repeated ear infections; a short frenulum (membrane attaching the tongue to the floor of mouth) that literally means tongue-ties or apraxia of speech.

According to a medical review, “Praxis” is the ability of the brain to conceive, organize, and, ultimately, carry out a sequence of motor movements. A child with apraxia of speech has difficulty sequencing the motor movements needed for volitional speech.

A young boy in Jakarta, Indonesia was already 6 years old when he learned his first word. The parents claim that homeopathy has helped their child on the speech delay hurdle. Similar accounts are being told in other parts of the world.

Sam (not his real name), a teacher in Oklahoma, stated that he also had some trouble speaking when he was young. He explained how hard it was for children like him to understand what is being said and how frustrating it is to not be able to answer it. He has a lot of complaints against the bullies in his school but can’t vent it out.

His parents were able to resolve his ailment when he frequently took prescribed clonidine (Catapres®) and guanfacine (Tenex®), or anti-psychotics such as haloperidol (Haldol®) to help develop his speech.

Children with verbal apraxia may have difficulty imitating sounds, answering questions, or producing words on demand. They may have trouble getting the words out in the desired order or may be inconsistent with pronunciation.