Weichbold V, Tsiakpini L, Coninx F, D'Haese P
Abteilung für Hör-, Stimm- und Sprachstörungen der Univ.-Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Innsbruck.
Laryngorhinootologie. 2005 May;84(5):328-34. doi: 10.1055/s-2004-826232.
There is an increasing need for an instrument, which allows to quickly and reliably assess the auditory behaviour of infants and toddlers. SCIENTIFIC QUESTION AND OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to develop and validate the "LittlEARS Hearing Questionnaire", a tool for assessing auditory behaviour in children up to 24 months of age.
Questionnaire construction followed the principles of classical test theory. The psychometric properties of 45 questions on infant auditory behaviour were examined in a sample of 218 parents of normal hearing infants up to age 24 months. Parental responses also served for computing normative values of the development of early auditory behaviour by regression analysis.
The final questionnaire contains 35 items, to be answered with either "yes" or "no". The sum of "yes"-answers yields an overall score, which can be compared to age-related normative values in order to appraise the age-appropriateness of the infant's auditory behaviour. The following scale characteristics have been found with the above sample: internal consistency: Cronbach's Alpha = 0.96; reliability: split-half r = 0.88; predictive accuracy: Guttman's Lambda = 0.96; correlation between overall score and age of the children: r = 0.91.
The "LittlEARS Hearing Questionnaire" is suitable for the quick assessment of a little child's hearing behaviour, e. g. at physical examinations, at the postnatal hearing screening, or when evaluating rehabilitative measures.
越来越需要一种能够快速、可靠地评估婴幼儿听觉行为的工具。
本研究的目的是开发并验证“小耳朵听力问卷”，这是一种用于评估24个月以下儿童听觉行为的工具。
问卷构建遵循经典测试理论的原则。在218名24个月以下听力正常婴儿的父母样本中，对45个关于婴儿听觉行为的问题的心理测量特性进行了检查。父母的回答也用于通过回归分析计算早期听觉行为发展的规范值。
最终问卷包含35个项目，回答“是”或“否”。“是”答案的总和得出一个总分，可与年龄相关的规范值进行比较，以评估婴儿听觉行为的年龄适宜性。在上述样本中发现了以下量表特征：内部一致性：克朗巴哈系数=0.96；信度：分半相关系数r=0.88；预测准确性：古特曼系数λ=0.96；总分与儿童年龄之间的相关性：r=0.91。
“小耳朵听力问卷”适用于快速评估幼儿的听力行为，例如在体格检查、产后听力筛查或评估康复措施时。
