AudBility: test-retest reliability in typically developing children aged 6 to 7 years.
Tamy Nathalia Tanaka1, Nádia Giulian de Carvalho2, Maria Francisca Colella-Santos3
1Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde, Interdisciplinaridade e Reabilitação, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP - Campinas (SP), Brasil.
Codas
|July 27, 2022
Summary
The AudBility program shows good test-retest reliability for assessing auditory skills in typically developing children aged six-seven years. This auditory skills assessment tool is reliable for clinical and research use.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric audiology
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Speech-language pathology
Background:
- Auditory processing disorders (APDs) affect children's learning and communication.
- Reliable assessment tools are crucial for diagnosing and managing APDs.
- The AudBility program is a novel tool for evaluating auditory skills.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine the test-retest reliability of the AudBility program.
- To assess auditory skills in typically developing children aged six to seven years.
- To validate the AudBility program for this age group.
Main Methods:
- Twenty-nine typically developing children (6-7 years) participated.
- The AudBility program, including a questionnaire and auditory tasks, was administered twice, one week apart.
- Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) was used to analyze reliability.
Main Results:
- The AudBility program demonstrated good test-retest reliability for the questionnaire (ICC=0.742) and most auditory tasks.
- Reliability was moderate to good for five of seven auditory tasks (ICC > 0.05 and < 0.9).
- Auditory closure and figure-ground tasks showed lower reliability in specific ears.
Conclusions:
- The AudBility program is a reliable tool for assessing auditory skills in 6-7 year olds.
- Findings support the program's validity for this age group.
- The study provides essential reliability data for the AudBility program's use.
