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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Linguist Phon. 2010 Oct;24(10):795–824. doi: 10.3109/02699206.2010.503006

Table 4.

Speech sources (14) within the Madison Speech Assessment Protocol (MSAP) for indices and candidate markers in the Competence, Precision, and Stability Analytics (CPSA).

Domain Descriptors & Markers MSAP Sourcesa
CSS CSS24 VT1 VT2 ATb MWT1/2 SVT CWT RST VT3 SPT EST LST
Competence
Vowels % of Non-rhotic Vowels/Diphthongs Correct X
% of Rhotic Vowels/Diphthongs Correct X
% of Phonemic Diphthongs Correct X
% of Vowels Correct X
% of Vowels Correct: AT X
% of Non-rhotic Vowels/Diphthongs Correct Revised X
% of Rhotic Vowels/Diphthongs Correct Revised X
% of Phonemic Diphthongs Correct Revised X
% of Vowels/Diphthongs Correct Revised X
% of Vowels/Diphthongs Correct Revised: AT X
% of Relative Non-rhotic Vowel/Diphthong Distortions X
Consonants % of Consonants in Inventory X
% of Consonants Correct X
% of Consonants Correct: AT X
% of Consonants Correct- Revised X
% of Consonants Correct- Revised: AT X
% of Consonants Correct in Complex Words: MWT X
% of Relative Omission Index X
% of Relative Substitution Index X
% of Relative Distortion Index X
Vowels & Consonants Speech Disorders Classification System X
Intelligibility Index X
% of Structurally Correct Words X
Phrasing % of Appropriate Phrasing X
Rate % of Appropriate Rate X
Stress % of Appropriate Stress X
Loudness % of Appropriate Loudness X
Pitch % of Appropriate Pitch X
Laryngeal Quality % of Appropriate Laryngeal Quality X
Resonance Quality % of Appropriate Resonance Quality X
Domain Descriptors & Markers MSAP Sources
CSS CSS24 VT1 VT2 AT MWT1/2 SVT CWT RST VT3 SPT EST LST
Precision
Vowels Reduced Vowel Space X X
Lengthened Vowels X X X
Distorted Rhotics X X X
Reduced Pairwise Vowel Duration Variability X
Consonants Nasal Emissions X X X
Reduced % Glides Correct X X X X
Lowered Sibilant Centroids X X X X
Lengthened Cluster Durations X X X X
Vowels & Consonants Increased % of Phoneme Distortions X X X X X X X
Increased Syllable/Word Segregation X X X X
Phrasing Increased Repetitions and Revisions X
Rate Slower Speaking Rate X
Slower Articulation Rate X
Stress Reduced Lexical Stress X
Increased Lexical Stress X
Reduced Emphatic Stress X
Reduced Sentential Stress X
Loudness Reduced Vowels-Consonants Intensity Ratios X X X X X
Increased Vowels-Consonants Intensity Ratios X X X X
Pitch Lowered Fundamental Frequency Mean X X
Raised Fundamental Frequency Mean X X
Lowered Fundamental Frequency Range X X
Increased Fundamental Frequency Range X X
Laryngeal Quality Increased Jitter X X X
Increased Shimmer X X X
Reduced Harmonics-to-Noise Ratio X X X
Increased % Breathy Utterances
Increased % Rough Utterances X
Increased % Strained Utterances X
Increased % Break/Shift/Tremorous Utterances X
Resonance Quality Increased % Nasal Utterances X
Nasal: Lowered F1:/a/ X
Increased % of Nasopharyngeal Utterances X
Nasopharyngeal: Lowered F2: High Vowels X
Domain Descriptors & Markers MSAP Sources
CSS CSS24 VT1 VT2 AT MWT1/2 SVT CWT RST VT3 SPT EST LST
Stability
Vowels Less Stable Vowel Space X X
Less Stable F1 X X
Less Stable F2 X X
Less Stable Vowel Duration X X X
Less Stable Rhotic Distortions: F3-F2 X X X
Less Stable Vowel Errors X X X X X X
Consonants Less Stable Consonant Errors X X X X
Less Stable Sibilant Centroids X X X X
Vowels & Consonants Less Stable Whole Word Errors X X X X X X
Less Stable % Phonemes Correct in Complex Words X X X X
Phrasing Reduced Speech-Pause Duration Variability Ratio X
Rate Less Stable Speaking Rate X
Less Stable Articulation Rate X
Stress Less Stable Lexical Stress X X
Less Stable Emphatic Stress X
Less Stable Sentential Stress X
Loudness Less Stable Vowels-Consonants Intensity Ratios X X X X
Pitch Less Stable Mean Fundamental Frequency X X
Laryngeal Quality Less Stable Jitter X X X
Less Stable Shimmer X X X
Less Stable Harmonics-to-Noise Ratio X X X
Resonance Quality Less Stable: Nasal: Lowered F1: /a/ X
Nasopharyngeal: Less Stable F2: High Vowels X

Note. Bold entries indicate candidate marker analysis completed using acoustic data reduction methods.

a

See Table 2 for key to abbreviations.

b

AT=Articulation Test, a generic term for alternative articulation tests, including the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation (2nd ed.), Sounds-in-Words section.