Darrell Said:

Speech delay +! What do you think?

We Answered:

All of the issues yoiu and others have mentioned can not be determined until after the age of maturation to be clinically defined as being a problem
The age of maturation is between 7 - 8 years old when most of the cgnative functions have finally matured and the child will stop growing out of these types of problems.

That said it, may can be identified as potnetially having problems such as Aspergers, Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), and ADD / ADHD.
From waht i have read on these issues, APD can be an underlying cause of many of these issues. have a look at the AITInstitute web pages (see link at the bottom of the page)
You could also have a look at the APDUK web site which provide information about APD for those who are in the UK. (The Medical Research Council (MRC) estimate that 10% of children (including those who had Glue Ear) have some degree of APD {see link})
APD is about having problems processing what you hear, all sounds which includes speech. How do we learn to speak, by processing waht mum and dad say, and then reprocessing these sounds to create our own speech.

Vanessa Said:

Auditory Processing Disorders in Toddler, early signs?

We Answered:

Honestly, it seems kind of bizarre that teachers would be thinking auditory processing disorders in a child this young. Just the fact that she can mimic many words and can sing all the songs you teach her shows that she can process the sounds. What she appears to have a problem with is language comprehension. Understanding language. Again though, she is still pretty young, and the fact that she's starting to attach meaning to words is awesome. Perhaps she's just a little behind the curve in this area.

She could have something like a receptive language disorder http://www.brighttots.com/receptive_expr…

Does she try to communicate with you? I know she doesn't have much language yet, but does she use nonverbal communication to get you to understand her wants/needs? Can she follow your point? If you were to say "Oh, look at the bird in the tree" and point to the tree...would she at least look where you were pointing, or would she just look at you puzzled.

I have a son who had severe speech/language issues when he was young. He is now 12 and still has some lingering language/word recall type issues, but is a pretty typical active 12 yr old boy. I seriously wondered about auditory processing issues with him over the years, but his honestly is more language based than auditory processing.