Validity, internal consistency, and test/retest reliability of a localization disabilities and handicaps questionnaire

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 585-595

  Ruscetta, Melissa N ^a   Palmer, Catherine V ^a   Durrant, John D ^a   Grayhack, Judith ^a   Ryan, Carey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal consistency reliability; Localization disabilities; Localization handicaps; Questionnaire; Self perceived; Test retest reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; AUDIOMETRY; DISABILITY; HEARING LOSS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SOUND DETECTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 33644803260     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.16.8.7     Document Type: Article

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