Chapter 8. Diagnosing speech sound disorder in bilingual Vietnamese-English-speaking children
Kate Margetson,
Sharynne McLeod,
Sarah Verdon
Abstract:Multilingual children suspected of having speech sound disorders (SSD) are often only assessed in English due to challenges facing speech-language pathologists (SLPs) such as inadequate resources, lack of access to multilingual SLPs or interpreters, and limited SLP knowledge and skill in assessing unfamiliar languages. This paper describes the speech profiles and diagnostic decision-making for four bilingual Vietnamese-English speaking children aged 4–6 years. When using English-only assessment all children we… Show more
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