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With dearth of evidence on phonological processing among Urdu-speaking children with down syndrome (DS), current study was conducted to determine the association between response time on rapid naming tasks and phonological awareness performance in children with Down syndrome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A quasi-experimental study that used cross-sectional design was carried out with 48 children with DS and who are Urdu speaking children (4\u201312 years) at three rehabilitation centers in Lahore, Pakistan. Rapid automatized naming and phoneme identification tasks were measured with the help of the Urdu Phonological Tele-Assessment (U-PASS) tool. Simple linear regression and partial correlation were analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results revealed that the mean response time and phonological awareness had no significant relationship (R2\u2009=\u20090.006, p\u2009=\u20090.587). The phoneme recognition (M\u2009=\u20099.42) at the beginning was much higher than the phoneme recognition (M\u2009=\u20095.42) at the end. There was moderate positive correlation existing between initial and final phoneme awareness (r\u2009=\u20090.423, p\u2009=\u20090.004) that did not depend on response time.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Processing speed processing and phonological accuracy are two different cognitive constructs in children with DS. 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