Intelligibility of phonological disorder assessed by three groups of judges.

BACKGROUND

intelligibility of phonological disorder.

AIM: to compare the intelligibility of phonological disorder analyzed by three distinct groups of judges.

METHOD: the research consisted of two samples: one sample was composed by 30 individuals with phonological disorder (assessed individuals) and the other sample was composed by the judges (speech-language therapists, laypeople and mothers). The spontaneous speech of children (i.e. three narratives of logical sequences) was analyzed by the different judges according to instructions given for intelligibility identification. For the data analysis, the mode of 90 sets of narratives was performed. The Kappa Concordance Analysis was then used to investigate statistical significance.

RESULTS

the statistical analysis indicates greater concordance between the judges for the end assessment possibilities (good and insufficient). Concordance among all judges was substantial in the identification of good intelligibility. Judgment of regular intelligibility was the most difficult.

CONCLUSION

it was observed that the more unintelligible the speech, the more severe its classification by the groups of judges.