Intelligibility in Context Scale - German (ICS-G)

english version (see below)

Aktuelles Dissertationsprojekt:
Skala zur Verständlichkeit im Kontext (ICS-G) – Erhebung von Normdaten von Kinder mit und ohne Aussprachestörung mit der ICS digital (App)

• Laufzeit: 03/2020- 03/2024
• Zielsetzungen: 
  1. Validierung der ICS self children (> 6 Jahre)
  2. Weiterentwicklung und Validierung der ICS-digital app
  3. Erhebung von Normdaten von Kindern mit Aussprachestörung (3;0-5;11 Jahre)
• Kooperationen:
  Prof. Dr. Sharynne McLeod, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst/Australien, Anniek van Doorniek-van der Zee, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht,
  Dr. Hayo R. Terband & Prof. Dr. Ellen Gerrits, Utrecht University,
  Dr. Annette Fox-Boyer, Universität Lübeck
• Förderung: Damsté-Terpstra Foundation voor praktische en preventieve Logopedie (6100,-€)
• Ansprechpartnerin: Lisa Schäuble 

Publikationen

• Neumann, S., Schäuble, L. & McLeod, S. (2020). Skala zur Verständlichkeit im Kontext (ICS-G) - Erstes deutsches ICF-CY-basiertes Assessment zur Verständlichkeit von Kindern mit Aussprachestörungen. Forum Logopädie, 34(4), 24-28.
• Neumann, S., Rietz, C. & Stenneken, P. (2017). The German Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS-G): Reliability and Validity Evidence. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 52, 585-594.
• McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., & McCormack, J. (2012). Skala zur Verständlichkeit im Kontext: Deutsch [Intelligibility in Context Scale: German] (Sandra Neumann, Ph.D., Trans.). Bathurst, NSW, Australia: Charles Sturt University. Retrieved from http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/ics

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The Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS-G digital) - Investigation of German norm data in children with and without speech sound  disorders (3;0-9;11 years)

Goal: To collect German norm data for the intelligibility of children with and without speech sound disorders (SSD) by using the digital ICS-G. Furthermore, the use of ICS-G (self) for children from the age of 6 and their validation occurs for the first time.

Method: The not yet published digital version of the ICS-G (McLeod et al., 2012) is getting revised for the use of investigation. Hereby, norm data of children with and without SSD (3;0-5;11 y.; n ≥ 300) is getting collected. Parallel to that, data of the digital version of the ICF is getting compared with the paper-pencil-version. In a second step, the ICS-G (self) for children with and without SSD (6;0-9;11 y.; n = 50) is being used and validated for the first time. Hereby, the children assess their intelligibility in relation to different communication partners. The following diagnostic procedures are used: PLAKSS-II (Fox-Boyer, 2014), ICS-G (McLeod et al., 2012), KiddyCAT-G (Vanryckeghem & Brutten, 2007), FOCUS-G (Thomas-Stonell et al., 2012). Based on phonetic transcription, analysis through PCC, PICC, PVC and PPC takes place. Laypersons will assess the intelligibility of the children (Dobinson, 2007). This data is getting correlated with the results of the ICF-orientated assessments.