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A Standardized Protocol for Maximum Repetition Rate Assessment in Children
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A Standardized Protocol for Maximum Repetition Rate Assessment in Children

Sanne Diepeveen, Leenke van Haaften, Hayo Terband, Bert de Swart and Ben Maassen
Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica, Vol.71(5-6), pp.238-250
10/01/2019
DOI: 10.1159/000500305
PMCID: PMC7050664
PMID: 31256159
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https://doi.org/10.1159/000500305View
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Background/Aims: Maximum repetition rate (MRR) is often used in the assessment of speech motor performance in older children and adults. The present study aimed to evaluate a standardized protocol for MRR assessment in young children in Dutch. Methods: The sample included 1,524 children of 2-7 years old with no hearing difficulties and Dutch spoken in their nursery or primary school and was representative for children in the Netherlands. The MRR protocol featured mono-, tri-, and bisyllabic sequences and was computer-implemented to maximize standardization. Results: Less than 50% of the 2-year-olds could produce >1 monosyllabic sequence correctly. Children who could not correctly produce >= 2 monosyllabic sequences could not produce any of the multisyllabic sequences. The effect of instruction ("faster" and "as fast as possible") was small, and multiple attempts yielded a faster MRR in only 20% of the cases. MRRs did not show clinically relevant differences when calculated over different numbers of repeated syllables. Conclusions: The MRR protocol is suitable for children of 3 years and older. If children cannot produce at least 2 of the monosyllabic sequences, the multisyllabic tasks should be omitted. Furthermore, all fast attempts of each sequence should be analyzed to determine the fastest MRR.
 Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Otorhinolaryngology Rehabilitation Science & Technology

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