title: Clinical Utility of CAPE-V Sentences for Determination of Speaking Fundamental Frequency.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sentence stimuli from the Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CAPE-V) were compared with standard speaking fundamental frequency (SF0) tasks to establish clinical utility of the sentence stimuli for standardized assessment of SF0.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a within-participant repeated measures design, 60 consented participants (30 males and 30 females) completed the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants provided 10 acoustic samples (six CAPE-V sentences and four additional standard tasks), counterbalanced for order effect, for determining SF0. A within-participant repeated measures analysis of variance was used in a 2 (males vs females) by 11 (10 tasks and CAPE-V sentence average) design to determine significant differences in SF0 with significance set at α < .05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant differences were found for the CAPE-V sentences "Peter will keep at the peak" and "How hard did he hit him" with seven of the remaining tasks and the CAPE-V average determined to be statistically similar in female participants. No significant differences were found for male participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings from this study indicate that taken individually, four of the CAPE-V sentences and the average of the six CAPE-V sentences may be used instead of longer tasks to determine SF0 in nonvoice-disordered individuals. This may streamline clinical service by using the CAPE-V sentences for both standardized acoustic and perceptual voice assessments.
authors: Department of Communication Disorders, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Electronic address: sandamj@auburn.edu.
authors: Mary J
authors: MJ
authors: Sandage
authors: Department of Communication Disorders, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
authors: Laura W
authors: LW
authors: Plexico
authors: Clarity Speech Services, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors: Amy
authors: A
authors: Schiwitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Acoustics; Speaking fundamental frequency; Voice assessment