This study was designed to evaluate the prevalence and associated factors for functional articulation disorders in Mandarin-Speaking Children of Taiwan.Materials and MethodsIn this study the associated factors and articulation error patterns of 153 Mandarin-speaking children with functional articulation disorder were described. Every child was tested by picture-naming task. 84 pictures are selected to sample all the vowels and consonants in Mandarin. Quantitative measures (frequency of error) as well as qualitative measures (phonetic and phonemic inventories; phonological processes) were presented. Besides, the parents of the children completed a questionnaire investigating associated factors with articulation disorders.
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