Which should the nurse expect for a toddler's language development at age 18 months?
a. Vocabulary of 25 words
b. Increasing level of comprehension
c. Use of holophrases
d. Approximately one third of speech understandable
ANS: B
During the second year of life, level of comprehension and understanding of speech increases and is far greater than the child's vocabulary. This is also true for bilingual children, who are able to achieve this linguistic milestone in both languages. The 18-month-old child has a vocabulary of 10 or more words. At this age, the child does not use the one-word sentences that are characteristic of the 1-year-old child. The child has a limited vocabulary of single words that are comprehensible.
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