Zach & Tori's Daughter Might Need Speech Therapy | Little People Big World

After Lila failed the hearing test, Tori and Zach worried that she might have hearing issues affecting her speaking, which could mean she needs speech therapy. Later, they welcome their friends, the Witouses.

From Season 15 Episode 15

[sylgaucher]

My son did speech therapy through his school until they kicked him out of the program because he didn’t qualify anymore. He loved it and it gave him so much confidence, at the end he was mostly reading to and helping other kids in the program. I hope people realize that speech therapy is a great tool, not a bad thing.

[ginaschissler]

Agreed. Speech therapy should not carry a stigma. Speech therapists not only help you speak but also swallow. The difference between tasting and enjoying food and being tube fed can't be overstated. Too often health care professionals fail to order speech therapy after a patient has been intubated and lost their ability to speak and eat, thinking those conditions are permanent. This is not always the case.

[danyelsummers]

Speech therapy is a wonderful thing. Our son started at 2 and by the time he was 5 he was on par with all his classmates. There are simple things that you can do at home. Really just talking to your kid while playing makes a huge difference.

[dragonflyq]

the Witouses are such good friends <3 am glad Zach & Tori get to have such a genuine healthy friendship with another couple <3

[lisabenneett]

They should be happy to take Lilah to speech therapy instead of trying to find ways to delay it.The sooner the better! It's not an "if all else fails, " proposition. It is so beneficial and carries no stigma whatsoever. If Tori had all these tools, why hasn't she been utilizing them by now?

[tatacousin]

Who else just love these babies! So cute, so polite!

[teeandkids]

Speech therapy is not a bad word why is this made into such a huge bad thing? She’ll go a few times a week and she’ll be fine lol

[angelaberumen]

My three year old is in speech therapy and she’s FLOURISHING. There is nothing wrong with a push anything for our children ❤️

[jodifoster]

i don’t understand why you wouldn’t want to out your child in any type of therapy especially if it’s for their own well being, that shit boggles my mind and it’s damn near close to neglect

[luxuryLifee]

A child at this age should be able to use 3-4 words in a sentence. The sooner you get intervention, the better the outcome. Spoken language and printed language are interconnected. In other words, if the child struggles with speech, she is more likely to present with reading difficulties when she grows up, which will eventually impact her academic performances. However, one of her strengths is she has great imitation skill. She will do really well in therapy.

[susansmith]

Late talkers are often extremely bright. It's not always because of negative things. They're listeners and observers. They catch up quickly when they do speak but remain far ahead on listening and observing. Tom Sowell did an enormous amount of research on late talkers and wrote a book on it.

[ga]

My son was a late talker. He even worked up his own sign language. It wasn't until he was four that we started to see improvement. He had two years of speech therapy in kindergarten and first grade. That kid is now an Electrical Engineer with a Master's Degree, making far more money than my husband or I ever did!

[culturednaturalsbc]

Extremely beautiful babies and family. God bless

[SuperLolitaxoxo]

I absolutely loved the Witouses such a sweet family. I feel terrible for their loss 😥

[tara]

This is what i don't understand. He said he had tubes & surgerys as a kid and he Dosent want that for any of his kids. Yet you keep getting Tori pregnant knowing your kids will suffer just like you did! Why would you keep having kids selfishly knowing you are putting them through the surgeries you went through?

[lorrainecarlson]

I love the fact your family share your life with us.

[SharonJTerry]

I’m Deaf and had speech therapy all through my school years. What I’m disappointed about this video is that the Captions were not provided, and I want to know what is being said as I’m interested in what they are saying about her having speech therapy. Darn it, it was too hard to lipread most of what’s being said!! ☹️

[mabelsamuel]

Jackson is such an awesome big brother

[lindahilton]

FRANKLY!! I would never EVER have kids knowing they could have dwarfism. That is just too much pain for them.

[CarmenRodriguez-xmdw]

This couple is so cute. They have a great sense of humor.