Validity and reliability of logopedic assessments of tongue function.
OBJECTIVE
This study investigated the validity and reliability of logopedic assessments of tongue function.


METHODS
At two practices for myofunctional therapy, diagnosis of tongue dysfunction according to Kittel (1984, 1996, 2008) was carried out in 52 subjects (aged 5 to 63 years) by three speech pathologists at each practice.


RESULTS
The agreement of the logopedic assessments was mostly satisfactory at one of the two practices but was unsatisfactory in most cases at the other practice.


CONCLUSIONS
The inconsistent agreement between the logopedic assessments does not permit a definitive statement about the actual clinical situation.
Mehnert
Juliane
J
Department of Orthodontics, Dentofacial Orthopedics and Pedodontics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Landau
Helga
H
Orawa
Helmut
H
Kittel
Anita
A
Krause
Maren
M
Engel
Sylvia
S
Jost-Brinkmann
Paul-Georg
PG
Müller-Hartwich
Ralf
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology*; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult