Evidências de validade de construto do instrumento virtual de avaliação da fala

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the construct validity of the Virtual Speech Assessment Instrument. Methods: Twenty-two children of both sexes, aged 4 to 9 years and 3 months, enrolled in public schools in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, previously diagnosed with Speech Sound Disorder (SSD), participated in the study. The participants were evaluated using the Phonological Assessment Instrument - INFONO and the Virtual Speech Assessment Instrument, with common tasks applied to both instruments, word naming and word imitation. The data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test. Results: The word naming task showed a significant correlation, ranging from substantial to almost perfect for simple onset and coda position phonemes (0.692-1.000), and from moderate to almost perfect for complex onset (0.430-1.000). In the word imitation task, the phonemes showed a correlation ranging from moderate to almost perfect (0.428-1.000). Conclusion: Satisfactory construct validity was obtained for the word naming and word imitation tasks of the Virtual Speech Assessment Instrument.