title: Paediatric Automatic Phonological Analysis Tools (APAT).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop the pediatric Automatic Phonological Analysis Tools (APAT) and to estimate inter and intrajudge reliability, content validity, and concurrent validity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The APAT were constructed using Excel spreadsheets with formulas. The tools were presented to an expert panel for content validation. The corpus used in the Portuguese standardized test Teste Fonético-Fonológico - ALPE produced by 24 children with phonological delay or phonological disorder was recorded, transcribed, and then inserted into the APAT. Reliability and validity of APAT were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The APAT present strong inter- and intrajudge reliability (>97%). The content validity was also analyzed (ICC = 0.71), and concurrent validity revealed strong correlations between computerized and manual (traditional) methods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The development of these tools contributes to fill existing gaps in clinical practice and research, since previously there were no valid and reliable tools/instruments for automatic phonological analysis, which allowed the analysis of different corpora.
authors.affiliation: a Psilexis - Centro Clínico , Lisboa , Portugal.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saraiva
authors.affiliation: b School of Health Sciences (ESSUA) , University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal and Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS.UA) , Portugal.
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0326-0257
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lousada
authors.affiliation: c Department of Mathematics and Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA) , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal.
authors.forename: Andreia
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8759-7927
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: d Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA) and School of Health Sciences (ESSUA) , University of Aveiro , Portugal.
authors.forename: Luis M T
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-3218
authors.initials: LMT
authors.lastname: Jesus
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001331:Automation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D010700:Phonetics; D011174:Portugal; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013062:Speech Articulation Tests / Q000379:methods*; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D066229:Speech Sound Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D014833:Voice Quality
keywords: Assessment; children; instrument; phonology; reliability; validity