Table 4.
Mean number of correct syllables per test-phrases (n = 10) before and after each treatment.
| Treatment | Participant | Trained |
Non-trained |
Comparison of increases | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre- | Post- | Pre-post comparison | Increase | Pre- | Post- | Pre-post comparison | Increase | |||
| Melodic therapy | FL | 2.50 (1.00) | 3.58 (0.91) | * | 1.09 (1.44) | 2.12 (1.08) | 3.10 (0.76) | * | 0.98 (0.84) | NS |
| FS | 2.92 (0.88) | 3.95 (0.75) | * | 1.03 (0.68) | 2.38 (0.81) | 3.08 (0.84) | * | 0.71 (0.78) | NS | |
| JPL | 2.08 (0.85) | 4.22 (0.69) | * | 2.13 (1.05) | 2.50 (0.73) | 3.85 (0.64) | * | 1.35 (0.54) | NS | |
| Rhythmic therapy | FL | 2.73 (0.79) | 3.75 (0.55) | * | 1.02 (0.97) | 2.97 (1.01) | 3.50 (0.81) | NS | 0.53 (1.35) | Trained > non-trained |
| FS | 1.72 (0.75) | 3.87 (0.85) | * | 2.15 (0.72) | 2.03 (0.61) | 3.03 (0.68) | * | 1.00 (0.66) | Trained > non-trained | |
| JPL | 3.00 (0.92) | 4.35 (0.69) | * | 1.35 (0.66) | 3.38 (0.61) | 4.00 (0.36) | * | 0.63 (0.70) | Trained > non-trained | |
| Spoken therapy | FL | 3.37 (0.54) | 4.18 (0.56) | * | 0.82 (0.82) | 3.48 (1.02) | 3.72 (0.71) | NS | 0.24 (1.02) | Trained > non-trained |
| FS | 2.18 (1.03) | 4.00 (0.67) | * | 1.82 (0.96) | 2.30 (0.81) | 2.93 (0.77) | * | 0.63 (0.78) | Trained > non-trained | |
| JPL | 2.51 (0.54) | 3.98 (1.07) | * | 1.47 (1.05) | 2.25 (0.88) | 2.58 (1.02) | NS | 0.33 (1.29) | Trained > non-trained | |
Standard deviations (SD) are indicated in parentheses. *Significant differences in non-parametric statistical tests when p < 0.05.