RESEARCH PAPER
Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Children’s Auditory Performance Scale
1
Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, World Hearing Centre, Poland
2
Institute of Sensory Organs, World Hearing Centre, Poland
Corresponding author
Elżbieta Gos
Instytut Fizjologii i Patologii Słuchu, Światowe Centrum Słuchu, Mokra 17, 05-830, Kajetany, Polska
Instytut Fizjologii i Patologii Słuchu, Światowe Centrum Słuchu, Mokra 17, 05-830, Kajetany, Polska
Med Og Nauk Zdr. 2020;26(3):261-267
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ABSTRACT
Introduction and objectives.:
The key element of the diagnostics of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is assessment of peripheral hearing and higher auditory functions, supplemented by information from clinical history-taking. Also, specialist questionnaires play an important role. The aim of the study was presentation of the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Children’s Auditory Performance Scale (CHAPS), and verification of the usefulness of this questionnaire in the diagnostics of auditory processing disorders.
Material and methods:
The study included 176 parents of children aged between 7–12 years. The CHAPS questionnaire consists of 36 items divided into 6 categories (subscales), referring to various auditory behaviours. The respondent‘s task was to specify the way of functioning of children, compared to their contemporaries; the higher the result, the better the auditory skills. The Scale of Auditory Behaviors (SAB) was applied, and psychoacoustic behavioural tests were performed.
Results:
Reliability of measurements was found to be good, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (0.97) showed a high internal consistency of the scale. Statistically significant, positive correlations were observed between the total score and subscales (0.58–0.7). Intra-class correlation, which was used to determine reproducibility, was 0. 84. Correlations with the results of psychoacoustic tests were low (0.2–0.3), and with Scale of Auditory Behaviors – 0.62. Statistically significant differences between girls and boys were found in the total score; however, no statistically significant relationship was noted between the child’s age and the CHAPS results.
Conclusions:
Results of psychometric and statistical analyses suggest that the Polish version of the Children’s Auditory Performance Scale enables a reliable measurement of hearing and understanding difficulties in children. The questionnaire may be useful in the diagnostics of auditory performance disorders.
The key element of the diagnostics of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is assessment of peripheral hearing and higher auditory functions, supplemented by information from clinical history-taking. Also, specialist questionnaires play an important role. The aim of the study was presentation of the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Children’s Auditory Performance Scale (CHAPS), and verification of the usefulness of this questionnaire in the diagnostics of auditory processing disorders.
Material and methods:
The study included 176 parents of children aged between 7–12 years. The CHAPS questionnaire consists of 36 items divided into 6 categories (subscales), referring to various auditory behaviours. The respondent‘s task was to specify the way of functioning of children, compared to their contemporaries; the higher the result, the better the auditory skills. The Scale of Auditory Behaviors (SAB) was applied, and psychoacoustic behavioural tests were performed.
Results:
Reliability of measurements was found to be good, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (0.97) showed a high internal consistency of the scale. Statistically significant, positive correlations were observed between the total score and subscales (0.58–0.7). Intra-class correlation, which was used to determine reproducibility, was 0. 84. Correlations with the results of psychoacoustic tests were low (0.2–0.3), and with Scale of Auditory Behaviors – 0.62. Statistically significant differences between girls and boys were found in the total score; however, no statistically significant relationship was noted between the child’s age and the CHAPS results.
Conclusions:
Results of psychometric and statistical analyses suggest that the Polish version of the Children’s Auditory Performance Scale enables a reliable measurement of hearing and understanding difficulties in children. The questionnaire may be useful in the diagnostics of auditory performance disorders.
FUNDING
This paper is published within the framework of the project
entitled “Integrated system of tools designed for diagnostics
and telerehabilitation of the sense organs disorders (hearing,
vision, speech, balance, taste, smell)” INNOSENSE,
co-financed by the National Centre for Research and
Development within the STRATEGMED Programme.
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