Table 5.
Difficulty With Swallowing Short Form Summed Score to t Score Conversion Table
| Difficulty With Swallowing | |
|---|---|
| Summed Score | t Score |
| 6 | 41 |
| 7 | 49 |
| 8 | 51 |
| 9 | 53 |
| 10 | 54 |
| 11 | 55 |
| 12 | 56 |
| 13 | 57 |
| 14 | 58 |
| 15 | 59 |
| 16 | 60 |
| 17 | 61 |
| 18 | 62 |
| 19 | 63 |
| 20 | 63 |
| 21 | 64 |
| 22 | 65 |
| 23 | 66 |
| 24 | 67 |
| 25 | 68 |
| 26 | 69 |
| 27 | 71 |
| 28 | 73 |
| 29 | 77 |
Note. This table provides the conversion for HDQLIFE Difficulty with Speech Short Form total raw scores (i.e., summed score) to standardized t scores (with a mean of 50 and SD 10; i.e., t score). Higher scores indicate greater swallowing difficulty. Scores ≥ 60 indicate that the individual is functioning more poorly than 68.27% of people with HD and scores ≥ 70 indicate that the individual is functioning more poorly than 95.45% of individuals with HD.