Validation of the Persian version of the LittlEARS ® auditory questionnaire for assessment of auditory development in children with normal hearing.

Autor: Zarifian T; Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences(USWR), Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: t.zarifian@yahoo.com., Movallali G; Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences(USWR), Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: drgmovallali@gmail.com., Fotuhi M; Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences(USWR), Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: m.fotuhi_slp@yahoo.com., Harouni GG; Social Welfare Management Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences(USWR), Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: qaedamini@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology [Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol] 2019 Aug; Vol. 123, pp. 79-83. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.04.016
Abstrakt: Objectives: To adapt the LittlEARS ® Auditory Questionnaire into Persian and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the questionnaire for children with normal hearing.
Methods: A "back-translation" method was used to translate and adapt the LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire into Persian. The translated version was first evaluated by means of an expert-appraisal method. After having improved the Persian version of LittlEARs with the results obtained from that evaluation, various psychometric analyses were carried out to determine the validity and reliability. A group of 240 Persian speaking parents of children below 24 months of age with normal hearing completed the LittlEARS ® Auditory Questionnaire. Various psychometric analyses (scale analysis and item analysis) were conducted.
Results: In the current study, the following scale and item characteristics were investigated: Corrected item-total correlations ranged from 0.14 to 0.74; Cronbach's alpha coefficient value was 0.960; the split-half reliability r was 0.734; predictive accuracy Guttman's lambda was 0.965; the correlation between the overall score and age of the children was 0.808 (p < 0.001). The regression curve, which reflects the age-dependence of auditory behavior, was produced. The regression analysis that was conducted to obtain normative data showed that 80% of the variance in the total scores could be explained by age.
Conclusion: The data obtained from psychometric analysis support the use of the Persian version of the LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire as a reliable and valid tool to assess the development of auditory behavior in Persian speaking children who are 24 months old or younger.
(Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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