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Table 4 Speech composite scores of individuals with Treacher Collins syndrome (n = 19)

From: Associations between speech features and phenotypic severity in Treacher Collins syndrome

Partici-pants

Articulation errorsa

NAL*and/or Weaknessa

Hypernasalityb

Hypernasalityb

Altered voice qualitya

Reduced voice intensity and/or flexibilitya

Speech composite scorec

Adults

       

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

3

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

4

1

1

1

1

1

0

5

5

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

6

1

1

1

1

0

0

4

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

1

1

0

1

1

0

4

11

0

0

1

0

1

0

2

11-18 years

       

12

1

0

1

1

0

1

4

13

1

0

0

0

1

1

3

14

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

15

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

5-10 years

       

16

1

1

0

1

0

1

4

17

1

1

1

1

1

0

5

18

1

1

1

0

1

0

4

19

1

1

1

1

1

0

5

 

11

8

9

9

9

5

 
  1. aPresence (1) or absence (0) of deviating speech feature.
  2. bZero (0) points for ordinal rating of 0 and one (1) point for ordinal rating of 1–3.
  3. cSummary score of 0–6 reflecting number of affected speech features.
  4. *Nasal Air Leakage.