C_S_D 4320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Level Of Measurement
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Determining the need for intervention and target selection. Assessment of speech sound disorders is a multi-step process: 1. Analyzing and interpreting data: making clinical recommendations. Recall primary purpose of speech sound assessment: determine whether sound system is sufficiently different from developmental norms to warrant intervention. Re: need for treatment (when considering if your recommending treatment: some factors to consider. Stimulability how well they respond to the hierarchy of cues to get them to produce the target sound. *in general, the greater the number of errors, the more intelligibility is reduced. Moderate correlation between percentage of consonants correct (pcc) and intelligibility. Perceptual judgment, often based on % of words understood in spontaneous speech. The factor most frequently cited when assessing speech problems. Open-set word identification = % word identifiable in spontaneous speech sample. Closed-set word identification from prescribed list/examiner forced choice. Rating scales (e. g. , 5-point interval scale)
