Table 4.

Factor Analysis with four retained factors among parents and children. Factor loadings reported with all factor loadings above 0.5 shown in bold

	Parent Factors				VPI Subject's Factors
Speech Limitations	#1	#2	#3	#4	#1	#2	#3	#4
Air comes out my nose when I talk	0.12	0.49	0.3	0.55	0.16	0.69	0.42	−0.1
I run out of breath when I talk	0.18	0.24	0.06	0.84	0.27	0.7	0.10	0.34
It is hard talking in long sentences	0.52	0.03	0.47	0.53	0.44	0.52	0.30	0.38
My speech is too weak	0.02	0.18	0.72	0.18	0.48	0.74	0.00	0.06
I have trouble being understood when I’m in a hurry	0.45	0.57	0.2	0.28	0.57	0.47	0.40	0.08
My speech gets worse toward the end of the day	0.2	0.28	0.62	0.5	0.28	0.46	0.12	0.51
My speech sounds different than other kids	0.36	0.61	0.33	0.11	0.68	0.27	−0.2	0.31
Swallowing Problems
Liquids come out my nose while drinking	0.04	0.47	0.71	0.26	0.12	0.71	0.45	0.2
Food comes out my nose while eating	0.06	0.11	0.91	0.01	0.17	0.72	−0.2	0.33
Others make fun of me when food or liquids come out my nose	0.21	0.2	0.79	0.02	0.02	0.76	0.28	0.41
Situational Difficulty
My speech is hard for strangers to understand	0.50	0.64	0.21	0.26	0.81	0.29	0.04	0.25
My speech is hard for friends to understand	0.65	0.56	0.32	0.16	0.64	0.08	0.13	0.61
My speech is hard for family to understand	0.35	0.73	0.19	0.24	0.45	0.26	0.27	0.69
I have trouble being understood when others can't see my face, for example, in a car	0.24	0.64	0.31	0.35	0.59	0.32	0.18	0.5
I have trouble being understood on the phone	0.49	0.56	0.03	0.35	0.75	0.05	0.37	0.41
Emotional Impact
I am teased because of how I talk	0.71	−0	0.14	0.43	0.06	0.18	0.83	0.15
I get sad because of how I talk	0.82	0.22	−0	0.21	0.74	0.19	0.32	0.08
I get frustrated or give up when I am not understood	0.78	0.42	0.08	0.16	0.57	0.3	0.49	0.22
I am shy because of how I talk	0.79	0.08	0.32	−0	0.58	0.02	0.42	−0
Perception by Others
I am treated like I am not smart because of how I talk	0.58	0.53	0.06	−0.1	0.03	0.14	0.84	0.38
Others ignore me because of how I talk	0.85	0.21	−0.1	0.08	0.36	0.06	0.88	0.09
Others do not like to talk on the phone with me because of how I talk	0.66	0.12	0.24	0.32	0.2	0.3	0.43	0.7
My family or friends tend to talk for me	0.76	0.46	0.15	0.08	0.4	0.32	0.28	0.59
Caregiver Impact
I am worried or concerned about my child’s speech	0.48	0.47	0.12	0.34
I find it difficult to understand my child	0.35	0.61	0.21	0.39
My child’s speech problem slows me down or inconveniences me	0.07	0.72	0.52	−0.1