Editorial: Ear and Hearing’s Commitment to Promoting Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Research on Hearing and Hearing Healthcare

Ryals, Brenda M.; Pichora-Fuller, M. Kathleen

doi:10.1097/aud.0000000000001233

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“…In future studies, it will be important to include a larger sample from this and other regions to ensure validity across countries/cultures. The study sample represented both women and men, people with a wide range of ages, degrees of hearing loss, and levels of education even if the distribution had limitations; however, further validation studies with a larger sample will be needed to investigate the transferability of the results to other populations, including analyses to disaggregate results by sample characteristics such as gender, age, or level of education (Ryals & Pichora-Fuller 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

Hearing and Functioning in Everyday Life Questionnaire: Development and Validation of an ICF-Based Instrument

et al. 2023

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Objectives: Self-assessment instruments are commonly used in audiological rehabilitation. However, several studies highlight the lack of multidimensionality in existing outcome measures, with the consequence that they only partially capture aspects of functioning in everyday life for people living with hearing loss. This study aimed to develop and investigate the content validity of a self-assessment instrument based on the validated Brief International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Core Set for Hearing Loss. Design: The design was a two-part instrument development study. The first part focused on the item-generation process of the instrument, named the Hearing and Functioning in Everyday Life Questionnaire (HFEQ) during an experts’ workshop. The second part focused on international content validation of the instrument using group interviews. Strategic sampling was used and 30 adults with hearing loss from India, South Africa, and the United States participated in the group interviews. Results: The expert’s workshop resulted in the first version of the HFEQ containing 30 items. The results from group interviews show that the content of the HFEQ was considered to be valid concerning its relevance, comprehensiveness, and comprehensibility. A majority (73%) of the HFEQ items were perceived by the participants as relevant and easy to comprehend. For the remaining 27% of the items, the content was perceived to be relevant in all countries, but some terms and expressions were reported to require rewording or clearer examples. These modifications will be made in the next step of the development process. Conclusion: Content validation of the HFEQ demonstrates promising results, with participants perceiving the content as relevant and comprehensible. Further psychometric validation is required to investigate other psychometric properties, such as construct validity and reliability. The HFEQ has the potential to become a valuable new instrument for assessing everyday functioning in people with hearing loss in audiological rehabilitation and in research.

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Section: Samplementioning

confidence: 99%