Tipping the Scales: Indiscriminate Use of Interval Scales to Rate Diverse Dysarthric Features.

Autor: Stipancic KL; Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, University at Buffalo, NY., Whelan BM; Division of Speech Pathology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia., Laur L; Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia., Zhao Y; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia., Rohl A; Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Iowa, Iowa City., Choi I; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City., Kuruvilla-Dugdale M; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR [J Speech Lang Hear Res] 2024 Oct 08; Vol. 67 (10), pp. 3673-3685. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 18.
DOI: 10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00785
Abstrakt: Purpose: Error related to incorrect use of rating scales is problematic in the assessment and treatment of dysarthria. The main purpose of this project was to determine scale fit for cardinal speech features of hypokinetic dysarthria. A secondary aim was to determine rater reliability for the two different scales explored.
Method: Forty-three speakers with Parkinson's disease (PD) and 25 neurologically healthy control talkers were recorded reading sentences from the Speech Intelligibility Test. Twenty-two healthy female listeners used both an equal appearing interval (EAI) scale and a direct magnitude estimation (DME) scale to rate five perceptual speech features (i.e., overall speech severity, articulatory imprecision, reduced loudness, short rushes of speech, and monotony) from these recordings. Regression analyses were used to determine the linearity of the relationship between the means of the EAI and DME ratings. Inter- and intrarater reliability was calculated using intraclass correlation coefficients and Spearman's correlation coefficients, respectively, for both EAI and DME ratings.
Results: There was a linear relationship between EAI and DME means for monotony, indicating it is a metathetic dimension. Curvilinear relationships were observed between the EAI and DME means for the other four features, indicating prothetic dimensions. Intra- and interrater reliability values were similar for EAI and DME ratings.
Discussion: Overall, results of this work suggest that DME is the best fit for scaling several hypokinetic dysarthria features, and not the conventionally used EAI scale. Prothetic dimensions best scaled by DME include overall speech severity, articulatory imprecision, reduced loudness, and short rushes of speech. Monotony was the only feature found to be a metathetic dimension and would be best scaled using EAI or DME. Findings call for rethinking the widespread use of EAI scales for rating perceptual features as part of the assessment and treatment of motor speech disorders.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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