How is a child’s speech development in the home language progressing?

Does the child show difficulties learning a second language, or is a speech sound disorder in one or both languages indicated?

Screening with Speakaboo helps answer these questions. If the child is dominant in the home language, using Speakaboo is an efficient way to start assessing the child’s speech in that language.

Speakaboo helps to form a first idea of a possible disorder in addition to providing an impression of the productive vocabulary in the home language.

If the child shows difficulty in the pronunciation of speech sounds in the first language, the speech language therapist is provided with verifiable information that not just the acquisition of the second language may be delayed, but the development of the first language demonstrably shows problems. This information can help parents or health insurance companies decide on the need for speech therapy.

Speakaboo can be used wherever speech therapists assess multilingual children with possible speech–language problems: in private practices, hospitals, in (pre)schools, and in specialized care for children with language impairment.