Medycyna Ogólna i Nauki o Zdrowiu (Sep 2020)

Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Children’s Auditory Performance Scale

  • Katarzyna Bieńkowska,
  • Elżbieta Gos,
  • Piotr Henryk Skarżyński

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26444/monz/126461
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 3
pp. 261 – 267

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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.

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