• Children learn how to produce sounds based on how difficult sounds are to make with their articulators (e.g.: lips, tongue, teeth,etc..).  As they get older, children learn how to make more complex consonant sounds.  Because there is a wide range of when sounds develop, some children tend to develop sounds at a different rate than other children their age.  The following chart shows the expected age at which children should be able to produce these sounds.  
     
    Speech Sound Development by Age
     
     Created using developmental norms from Poole, Sander, Hena, Fudala, Templin & Wellman.