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Multicenter Study
. 2024 Dec;61(12):2090-2096.
doi: 10.1177/10556656231217645. Epub 2023 Nov 28.

Standardization of Videorecorded Speech Samples for Children with Cleft Palate: Methods to Facilitate High-Quality Speech Outcomes Data Collection

Adriane L Baylis  1   2   3 , Caitlin E Cummings  3   4 , Kari M Lien  5 , Thomas J Sitzman  6   7 , Richard E Kirschner  1   2 , Kathy L Chapman  5 ; CORNet and VPI-OPS Consortiums and Americleft Speech Group
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Multicenter Study

Standardization of Videorecorded Speech Samples for Children with Cleft Palate: Methods to Facilitate High-Quality Speech Outcomes Data Collection

Adriane L Baylis et al. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

Background: Collection of high-quality videorecorded speech samples is essential for speech outcomes research.

Solution: Cleft palate team SLPs were trained to collect standard videorecorded speech samples in the clinic setting across 20 sites in North America. Standard training and equipment was provided.

What we did that is new: Quality management procedures were developed and utilized to verify video quality and protocol adherence. Over 97% of speech samples collected by trained SLPs met defined quality standards.

Keywords: cleft palate; outcomes; speech assessment.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Topics covered during training sessions for speech-language pathologists, prior to obtaining videorecorded speech samples.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Screenshot of still image extracted from a practice videorecording, to illustrate microphone and patient positioning.
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