Stages in the Development and Validation of a Belgian Dutch Outcome Tool for the Perceptual Evaluation of Speech in Patients With Cleft Palate

Objective: To develop and validate a Belgian Dutch outcome tool for the perceptual evaluation of speech in patients with cleft palate. Setting: Cleft palate team in a tertiary university hospital. Methods: The tool was based on the Cleft Audit Protocol for Speech–Augmented (John et al., 2006; Sell et al., 2009), with adaptations to some of the speech variables and the structured listening protocol. Following a preliminary listening experiment in phase 1, the tool was optimized. In the second phase, a listening experiment with 4 experienced listeners was set up to assess face validity, inter- a... Mehr ...