The Yoruba version of LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire: Evaluation of auditory development in children with normal hearing  

作　　者：Olawunmi Kayode Adebolajo A.Adeyemo 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

出　　处：《Journal of Otology》2018年第3期92-96,共5页中华耳科学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：The goal of this study was to translate the LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire into Yoruba language for use with Yoruba-speaking parents and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Yoruba version of questionnaire. Translation of the LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire into Yoruba language was done using a back-translation method. The study participants included 423 parents of normal hearing children aged6 e24 months. Psychometric analyses(scale analysis and item analysis) of the translated questionnaire was done. The scale characteristics in the dataset are: Internal consistency: Cronbach's alpha?0.907;reliability; Split-half?0.701; predictive accuracy; Guttman's lambda?0.583; correlation between total score and children's age?0.783. The regression analysis showed that 75.3% of the variance in the total scores can be explained by age. The Yoruba version of the LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire is a dependable and valid tool as evidenced by the results of psychometric analyses. The tool is useful for assessing auditory development in children between 6 and 24 months of age.The goal of this study was to translate the LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire into Yoruba language for use with Yoruba-speaking parents and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Yoruba version of questionnaire. Translation of the LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire into Yoruba language was done using a back-translation method. The study participants included 423 parents of normal hearing children aged6 e24 months. Psychometric analyses(scale analysis and item analysis) of the translated questionnaire was done. The scale characteristics in the dataset are: Internal consistency: Cronbach's alpha?0.907;reliability; Split-half?0.701; predictive accuracy; Guttman's lambda?0.583; correlation between total score and children's age?0.783. The regression analysis showed that 75.3% of the variance in the total scores can be explained by age. The Yoruba version of the LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire is a dependable and valid tool as evidenced by the results of psychometric analyses. The tool is useful for assessing auditory development in children between 6 and 24 months of age.

关 键 词：AUDITORY development HEARING LOSS LittlEARS AUDITORY QUESTIONNAIRE PSYCHOMETRIC properties 

分 类 号：R76[医药卫生—耳鼻咽喉科]