Comparing Traditional Service Delivery and Telepractice for Speech Sound Production Using a Functional Outcome Measure
| Autor: | Jared Reyes, Kathy L. Coufal, Melissa Jakubowitz, Cassandra Howell, Douglas F. Parham |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Linguistics and Language medicine.medical_specialty Databases Factual Service delivery framework American Speech-Language-Hearing Association MEDLINE Audiology Speech Therapy Asha Speech Sound Disorder 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences Speech and Hearing 0302 clinical medicine Speech Production Measurement Developmental and Educational Psychology Medicine Humans 030223 otorhinolaryngology Child Communication Speech sound business.industry Outcome measures Telemedicine Treatment Outcome Otorhinolaryngology Functional Communication Female Metric (unit) 0305 other medical science business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | American journal of speech-language pathology. 27(1) |
| ISSN: | 1558-9110 |
| Popis: | Purpose Using American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA's) National Outcomes Measurement System (NOMS) Functional Communication Measure (FCM) as a common metric, this investigation compared traditional service delivery and telepractice service delivery for children receiving therapy for the NOMS diagnostic category of “speech sound production.” Method De-identified cases were secured from ASHA's NOMS database and a proprietary database from a private e-learning provider. Cases were included if they met 3 criteria: (a) children received treatment exclusively for speech sound production, (b) they were between 6.0 and 9.5 years old, and (c) they received therapy lasting between 4 and 9 months. A total of 1,331 ASHA NOMS cases and 428 telepractice cases were included. The 2 groups were matched by initial FCM scores. Mann–Whitney U tests were completed to compare differences in the median change scores (the difference between the initial and final FCM scores) between the 2 groups. Results There were no significant differences in the median change scores between the traditional group and the telepractice group. Conclusions These results suggest comparable treatment outcomes between traditional service delivery and telepractice for treatment of children exhibiting speech sound disorders. The findings provide support for the use of telepractice for school-age children. |
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