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Table 4 General assessment of the correlation between performance of the articulatory organs measured by means of the FDA scale and the VHI based on the degree of speech disorder (comprising total 30-items questionnaire and 3 subscales: physical, functional and emotional) in ALS patients

From: Comparative assessment and monitoring of deterioration of articulatory organs using subjective and objective tools among patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

VHI

total 120 items R Spearman

physical (P) R Spearman

functional (F) R Spearman

emotional (E) R Spearman

FDA

Cough

0.7472c

0.7177c

0.7333c

0.6962b

Swallowing

0.7732c

0.7648c

0.7367c

0.7560c

Saliva control

0.7069c

0.7081c

0.6777b

0.7022c

Breathing (at rest)

0.5552b

0.5470b

0.5095b

0.5732b

Lips (at rest)

0.6404b

0.6126b

0.6010b

0.6688b

Soft palate (at rest)

0.7927c

0.7741c

0.7833c

0.7212c

Length of phonation

0.5992b

0.5984b

0.5217b

0.5861b

Pitch

0.6945b

0.7014c

0.5741b

0.6254b

Voice volume

0.6360b

0.6695b

0.6233b

0.5644b

Tongue (at rest)

0.7442c

0.7055c

0.7633c

0.7391c

Speech comprehension

0.7190c

0.7042c

0.7352c

0.6568b

Sentence comprehension

0.7871c

0.7882c

0.7670c

0.7275c

Spontaneous speech comprehension

0.7796c

0.7710c

0.7827c

0.7039c

  1. Strength of correlation: aweak positive; bmoderate positive; cstrong positive