Impact of Bilingualism on Speech Sound Disorder/ Articulatory and Phonological Disorders

Objectives: To explore the impact of bilingualism on Articulatory and Phonological Disorders in Pakistani 4-8 years old children. Methodology: This cross sectional study using convenient sampling recruited N=140 children suspected or having speech sound disorders. Sample included 4-8 years old children of both genders speaking Urdu and their native language from the speech clinics of four provinces of Pakistan from 1st March to 31st October 2016. Basic demographic sheet and Test for Assessment of articulation and Phonology in Urdu was used for data collection. Analysis done using SPSS Version-21. Chi-square & Pearson correlation was utilized and p