Every child is unique and has an individual rate of development.
This chart represents, on average, the age by which most children will accomplish the listed skills. Children typically do not master all items in a category until they reach the upper age in each age range. Just because your child has not accomplished one skill within an age range does not mean the child has a disorder. Use ProServ, ASHA's online directory of speech-language pathologists and audiologists to locate a practitioner near you. Months Startles to loud sounds.