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Validity of auditory perceptual assessment of velopharyngeal function and dysfunction – the VPC-Sum and the VPC-Rate

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Title
Validity of auditory perceptual assessment of velopharyngeal function and dysfunction – the VPC-Sum and the VPC-Rate
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Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders, March 2017
DOI 10.1080/02699206.2017.1302510
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Anette Lohmander, Emilie Hagberg, Christina Persson, Elisabeth Willadsen, Inger Lundeborg, Julie Davies, Christina Havstam, Maria Boers, Mia Kisling-Møller, Suvi Alaluusua, Ragnhild Aukner, Nina Helen Pedersen, Leena Turunen, Jill Nyberg

Abstract

Overall weighted or composite variables for perceptual auditory estimation of velopharyngeal closure or competence have been used in several studies for evaluation of velopharyngeal function during speech. The aim of the present study was to investigate the validity of a composite score (VPC-Sum) and of auditory perceptual ratings of velopharyngeal competence (VPC-Rate). Available VPC-Sum scores and judgments of associated variables (hypernasality, audible nasal air leakage, weak pressure consonants, and non-oral articulation) from 391 5-year olds with repaired cleft palate (the Scandcleft project) were used to investigate content validity, and 339 of these were compared with an overall judgment of velopharyngeal competence (VPC-Rate) on the same patients by the same listeners. Significant positive correlations were found between the VPC-Sum and each of the associated variables (Cronbachs alpha 0.55-0.87, P < 0.001), and a moderately significant positive correlation between VPC-Sum and VPC-Rate (Rho 0.698, P < 0.01). The latter classified cases well when VPC-Sum was dichotomized with 67% predicted velopharyngeal competence and 90% velopharyngeal incompetence. The validity of the VPC-Sum was good and the VPC-Rate a good predictor, suggesting possible use of both measures depending on the objective.

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Finland 1 3%
Unknown 35 97%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 19%
Other 5 14%
Researcher 5 14%
Student > Bachelor 3 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 6%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 10 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 12 33%
Linguistics 2 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 6%
Computer Science 2 6%
Unspecified 1 3%
Other 3 8%
Unknown 14 39%
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