Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Am J Audiol. 2024 Sep 3;33(3):895-904. doi: 10.1044/2024_AJA-24-00009. Epub 2024 Jul 26.
Spatial hearing is necessary for adequate sound awareness and speech perception abilities; however, research indicates that children have difficulties on these spatial hearing tasks that affect functioning in their daily environment. The purpose of this study was to validate a pediatric version of the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (P-SHQ) for determining binaural hearing benefits and spatial hearing ability in children.
We recruited parents and guardians of 68 children ages kindergarten through eighth grade to participate. Parents completed the P-SHQ, the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale-Parent version, and a demographic questionnaire. To determine the factor structure of the P-SHQ, we conducted an exploratory factor analysis and reliability was assessed by calculating correlation coefficients.
Three factors emerged during factor analysis: Factor 1 = sound localization, Factor 2 = speech-in-noise perception, and Factor 3 = speech perception in quiet. The P-SHQ has good internal consistency reliability (α = .97), and high item-total correlations were found. The correlation between scores from the P-SHQ questionnaire and the SSQ-Spatial subscale questionnaire provides evidence for the construct validity of the P-SHQ.
The P-SHQ is a reliable and valid questionnaire to assess spatial hearing ability in children. This quick-to-administer tool can be incorporated into audiological care to determine the spatial hearing skills of a child and assist in counseling, making it a valuable assessment for hearing health care professionals.
空间听觉对于充分的声音感知和言语感知能力是必要的；然而，研究表明，儿童在这些空间听觉任务上存在困难，这会影响他们在日常生活环境中的功能。本研究的目的是验证小儿空间听觉问卷（P-SHQ）的有效性，以确定儿童的双耳听力获益和空间听觉能力。
我们招募了幼儿园到八年级的 68 名儿童的父母或监护人参与。父母完成了 P-SHQ、言语、空间和听力质量量表-家长版以及人口统计学问卷。为了确定 P-SHQ 的因子结构，我们进行了探索性因子分析，并通过计算相关系数来评估可靠性。
因子分析中出现了三个因素：因素 1=声音定位，因素 2=噪声下言语感知，因素 3=安静环境下言语感知。P-SHQ 具有良好的内部一致性可靠性（α=.97），并且项目总分之间存在高度相关性。P-SHQ 问卷得分与 SSQ-Spatial 子量表问卷得分之间的相关性为 P-SHQ 的结构效度提供了证据。
P-SHQ 是一种可靠且有效的评估儿童空间听觉能力的问卷。这个易于管理的工具可以纳入听力学护理中，以确定儿童的空间听觉技能，并协助咨询，使其成为听力保健专业人员的有价值的评估工具。
