ClinicalScoring&TranscriptionFactorsthatinfluencescoring/transcription•1.ClientFactors•2.TaskFactorsClientFactors•Age–youngerchildrenaremoredifficult,theyhavedifficultywithstandardizedtests,playwithmicrophones,kickchairs,maturation/developmentalerrors.•Dialect–needtoknowdifferentdialects&characteristicsofESLchildren•Physical/personalitycharacteristics–moredifficultisclientusesfastrate,tightlips,clenchedteeth.Note–SLPsjudgetheirownclientsas“better.”SLPsarebiased!TaskFactors•Intelligibility–unintelligiblechildrendifficultevenwhenreferentisknown!!(knowingreferent,however,biasesus)Glossutterances!!•LinguisticContext&ResponseRequirements–targetcomplexity(howmanysyllables),howmanytargets/soundsyouneedtotranscribe,etc.•SuccessiveJudgments–maintainingcorrectjudgmentswhensoundisrepeated.Audio-videorecordings•Whatareadvantagesofvideorecordings?•1)canseearticgestures•2)canseecontextofutterance•Researchhasn’tkeptpacewithadvancesintechnology!!•Befamiliarwithrecorderyou’reusing!!!Selectasystem•Two-wayscoring(correct,incorrect)•Five-wayscoring(substitution,distortion,etc.)•Transcription•Greatstatement–SLPsshouldbeabletochoosetheirsystem.(shouldn’tbelimitedbylackofskills)Selectingsetofsymbols•Clarity•Speed–symbolshouldbequick!•Visibilitytoclient–childshouldn’tknowifresponsewascorrect/incorrect.Scoringoftranscription•Getcomfortable•Wearheadphones–shortperiods•PreviewrecordingSubsequentpresentations•Onlylisten2-3timesbeforetranscribing.Transcriptionofdifficultwords•Strategiesused•Vowelsconsonants•Syllablebysyllable•Phonemesdiacritics•Easiestbehaviorfirsthardersounds.GFTA-2•Sounds-in-Words•Sounds-in-Sentences•Stimulability•Timetotest–about5-15minutes•Soundstested–23of25soundsinStandardEnglish(nothworrouge)AdministrationProcedures•SoundsinSentences–retellstory.Mostchildrenwillproducetargetwords.•Stimulability–onlyexaminesoundsinerror!•Dfofstimulability–canchildproducethemisarticulatedsoundwhengivenvisualandoralmodeling?(ifyes,goodprognosis)