Rabia Azmat, Muhammad Sikander Ghayas Khan, Mtariq Manzoor, Mibrahim, Sadia Tahira, Safa Pervaiz.
Prevalence of articulation disorder in school going children between ages of 8 to 12 years.
Int J Rehab Sci Jan ;03(01):32-6.

Background: Communication disorders are potentially disabling conditions with widespread and lifelong implication. One of the most common communication disorders of childhood is articulation disorder that impacts on academic achievement in the school and may affect social and emotional development in the adulthood. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of articulation disorder in school going children between ages of 8-12 years. Material & Methods: This was an observational and school based study in which data of 1000 school going children between ages of 8 -12 years was collected from APS(army public school) Garrison Junior School Lahore Cantt and Govt. Middle School Sikandria Colony, Band Road Lahore. First of all, personnel information about each student such as name, age, No. of sibling, date of birth was collected then student were evaluated through articulation card in articulation checklist for articulation disorder. Result: The prevalence of articulation disorder was 17.6% and most prevalent type of articulation error was substitution. Conclusion: This prevalence statistics was higher than others studies that using parent or teacher report that may be due to different methodological techniques used by researcher for assessing the articulation disorder. So, some preventative measures should have to be taken to stop this widespread problem and speech disorders workshop should be conducted to aware the teachers, parents and students.

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