Zoha Asif
College of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences, Faculty Health Sciences Ziauddin University, PakistanPublications
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Research
Intervention Approaches used for Speech Sound Disorders in Children in Tertiary Care Hospitals, Karachi
Author(s): Zoha Asif*, Rabia Qamar, Tahmeena Tabish, Amina Asif Siddiqui and Hafeez Punjani
Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the most common intervention approach used by speech, language therapists to remediate speech sound disorders in children, working in tertiary care hospitals of Karachi. In addition the study examined responses commonly provided by the clinician as contingency responses for the correct and incorrect production of a sound. Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted with speech language therapists working with children who are presenting with the concerns of speech sound disorders. Questionnaire containing multiple choice questions was designed and shared online with speech, language therapists working in tertiary care hospitals. Simple random sampling technique was used and 43 responses were recorded and stored in a Google sheet. Results: IBM SPSS statistics was used fo.. Read More»