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Reliability of perceptual assessment for resonance disorders in patients with cleft palate
Benjamas Prathanee1, Preeya Lorwatanapongsa, Kalyanee Makarabhirom
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. bprathanee@gmail.com
Objective:
Determine reliabilities of perceptual assessment of resonance disorders in people with cleft palate.
Material And Method:
A prospective study of inter- and intra-rater reliability of perceptual screening assessment of resonance disorders with 6-scale and 2-scale criteria among 19 speech and language pathologists (SLPs) from 30 connected speech samples of children with cleft palate aged 4-17 years via video recorder when compared to principle investigators.
Results:
The percentage of agreement of inter-rater ranged from 23.33-100.00 while Kappa's coefficients was 0.08-0.67. For intra-rater reliability, the present study showed the percentage of agreement ranged from 46.67-100, Kappa's coefficient was 0.17-1. It seems that the more number of years experiences as an SLP, the better listening skill.
Conclusion:
Reliabilities of perceptual assessment of resonance varied widely but it appears that listening skill might be directly related to experiences. Training programs for critical listening skills are needed.
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