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. 2018 Dec 4;28(1):53–82. doi: 10.1044/2018_AJSLP-18-0037

Table B1.

Precision–Stability Index (PSI).

PSI: Individual
Linguistic domain Sign
Sign values
No. Description Assessment mode a Value z Score b Code c
Vowels P A
1 Reduced dispersion of corner vowels from center X
2 Reduced dispersion of corner vowels from ^ X
3 Reduced average pairwise distance of corner vowels X
4 Increased duration of corner vowels X
5 Increased duration for middle vowels and diphthongs X
6 Reduced % vowel phoneme target consistency X
7 Reduced % vowel target consistency X
Consonants
8 Reduced % correct glides X
9 Increased relative distortion index: sibilants X
10 Reduced % dentalized sibilants of distorted sibilants X
11 Increased relative distortion index for early consonants X
12 Decreased first moment on /s/ initial singletons X
13 Increased sqrt of the second moment for /s/ initial singletons X
14 Increased sqrt of the second moment for /s/ initial, and /s/ and /z/ final singletons X
15 Increased all consonant–consonant duration X
Vowels and consonants
16 Increased Diacritic Modification Index (DMI) class: place % X
17 Increased DMI class: duration % X
18 Increased % of epenthesis errors X
Phrasing
19 Increased PM errors: % of addition, breath, repeat, or long X
Rate
20 Reduced syllables per second (without pauses) X
21 Increased syllable length in ms (without pauses) X
Stress
22 Increased % of prosody-voice (PV) 15/16 EE (excessive/equal stress) codes of all coded utterances without fast/acceleration (uncircled and circled) X
23 Increased % of PV15/16 EE codes of all PV15/16 codes (uncircled and circled) X
Loudness
24 Decreased intensity difference, dB fricative + vowel X
Pitch
25 Decreased F0 for all vowels and diphthongs X
26 Decreased range of characteristic F0 for delimited vowels/diphthongs X
Laryngeal quality
27 Increased % jitter for vowels b X
28 Increased % shimmer for vowels b X
29 Decreased HNR dB for vowels X
Resonance quality
30 Increased % voice quality resonance wrong X
31 Decreased F1 /a/ (nasal) X
32 Decreased F2 for high vowels (nasopharyngeal) X
No. of positive signs
No. of signs with data
Average sign z score
Signs score

Note. PM = Pause Marker. Sqrt = square root; HNR = harmonics-to-noise ratio.

a

A = acoustic; P = perceptual.

b

z scores referenced to age–sex matched typically developing speakers (Potter et al., 2012; Scheer-Cohen et al., 2013).

c

Code: 0 = not positive on variable; 1 = positive on variable (z score ≤ 1.25). z scores reversed for increased.