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Pennington, Lindsay; Lombardo, Eftychia; Steen, Nick; Miller, Nick – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: The speech intelligibility of children with dysarthria and cerebral palsy has been observed to increase following therapy focusing on respiration and phonation. Aims: To determine if speech intelligibility change following intervention is associated with change in acoustic measures of voice. Methods & Procedures: We recorded 16…
Descriptors: Children, Cerebral Palsy, Speech, Acoustics
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Natzke, Phoebe; Sakash, Ashley; Mahr, Tristan; Hustad, Katherine C. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: Accurate measurement of speech intelligibility is essential for children with speech production deficits, but wide variability exists in the measures and protocols used. The current study sought to examine relationships among measures of speech intelligibility and the capacity of different measures to capture change over time. Method:…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Speech Skills, Measurement Techniques, Correlation
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Wright, F. Virginia; Rosenbaum, Peter L.; Goldsmith, Charles H.; Law, Mary; Fehlings, Darcy L. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008
Rehabilitation increasingly addresses the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health's (ICF) concepts of activity and participation, but little is known about associations between changes in body functions and structures, activity, and participation. We conducted a before-and-after study of 35 ambulatory children with…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Children, Change, Psychomotor Skills
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Sakzewski, Leanne; Boyd, Roslyn; Ziviani, Jenny – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
This study systematically reviewed the validity, reliability, sensitivity to change, and clinical utility of measurements of participation for children with cerebral palsy. Sixteen measures were identified and seven met the inclusion criteria of having 30% content measuring participation, for use with children aged 5 to 13 years with physical…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Children, Validity, Reliability