Table 5 Comparison between the three groups in their performance on CAS test battery
From: Developing a test battery for diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech in Arabic speakers
Items | GI (N = 10) (mean ± SD) | GII (N = 20) (mean ± SD) | GIII (N = 40) (mean ± SD) | Test of significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
p value | ||||
Receptive expressive discrepancy | 0 ± 0 | 55.0 ± 51.04 | 100 ± 0 | 2 = 44.3χ < 0.001** |
Non-speech motor task | 81.25 ± 13.8 | 97.8 ± 4.2 | 99.4 ± 1.89 | F = 41.06 < 0.001** |
Speech motor task | 52.5 ± 17.4 | 91.7 ± 8.8 | 99.7 ± 0.63 | F = 142.09 < 0.001** |
Diadochokinesis | 6.00 ± 9.6 | 71.00 ± 15.2 | 98.00 ± 7.5 | χ2 = 55.9 < 0.001** |
Consistency of speech production | 25 ± 26.3 | 90.00 ± 20.5 | 98.7 ± 7.9 | χ2 = 47.5 < 0.001** |
Prosodic assessment | 31.3 ± 19.8 | 75.00 ± 15.7 | 100 ± 0 | F = 160.3 < 0.001** |
Total score | 32.6 ± 8.7 | 80.1 ± 11.14 | 99.3 ± 1.9 | F = 376.5 < 0.001** |