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Miggiani, Pauline, Coninx, Frans and Schaefer, Karolin (2022). Validation of the LittlEARS (R) Questionnaire in Hearing Maltese-Speaking Children. Audiol. Res., 12 (2). S. 191 - 202. BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 2039-4349

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Abstract

Objectives: To adapt the LittlEARS (R) Auditory Questionnaire into the Maltese language and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Maltese version of the questionnaire for hearing children. Methods: The English version of LittlEARS (R) Auditory Questionnaire was adapted into Maltese using a translation/back translation procedure. In this cross-sectional study, a total of 398 parents of normal hearing children aged between 5 days and 36 months completed the Maltese version of LittlEARS (R). Psychometric validation was performed through scale analysis, item analysis, and analysis of reliability and validity. A non-linear regression model was derived to obtain normative data for expected and minimum values of total scores from the questionnaire according to age. Results: Predictive accuracy (Guttman's lambda) was 0.921, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient value was 0.921, and the split-half reliability coefficient was 0.949. The Pearson correlation coefficient between scores and age was 0.903. The regression analysis showed that 82% of the variance in the total scores can be explained by age. Norm curves were comparable to the original German data. Conclusion: This study confirmed that the Maltese version of LittlEARS (R) is a valid and reliable tool to evaluate auditory development in children less than two years of age.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Miggiani, Pauline UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Coninx, Frans UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schaefer, Karolin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-665825
DOI:	10.3390/audiolres12020022
Journal or Publication Title:	Audiol. Res.
Volume:	12
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 191 - 202
Date:	2022
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	2039-4349
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language AUDITORY QUESTIONNAIRE; VERSION Multiple languages Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66582