Speech sound distortions in aphasia and apraxia of speech: reliability and diagnostic significance
Speech sound distortions in aphasia and apraxia of speech: reliability and diagnostic significance
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DOI:
10.1080/02687038.2015.1065470
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发表时间:
2016-04-02
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2
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Jacks, Adam
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作者:
Cunningham, Kevin T.;Haley, Katarina L.;Jacks, Adam
Background: The differential diagnosis between apraxia of speech (AOS) and aphasia with phonemic paraphasia is challenging because the disorders share similar speech characteristics. Quantification of the speech profile of AOS is needed.Aims: To characterise the relative frequency of sound distortion errors in speakers with aphasia with and without AOS and to evaluate inter-observer reliability for this metric among independent listeners.Methods & Procedures: Fourteen adults with left hemisphere lesions were recruited from a consecutive clinical sample. They were assigned to groups of probable apraxia of speech (P-AOS) or probable aphasia with phonemic paraphasia (P-APP), based on the multisyllabic word production rate and perceptually evident sound errors. Four listeners generated independent phonetic transcriptions from an audio-recorded motor speech evaluation. The percentage of distorted segments and inter-observer reliability were calculated.Outcomes & Results: Inter-observer reliability was satisfactory for frequency of the overall distortion errors (ICC=0.73, p