CHILD scale: Validation of the inventory of children's hearing difficulties at home Escala CHILD: Validación del inventario de las dificultades auditivas de los niños en el hogar

Abstract

Colombia , it is common to find that Audiologists, do not carried out in their daily clinical practice standardized or rigorous checkups of hearing aids functionality in context, from which they can identify the communication  needs and/or the improvements in auditory skills of children within the home environment, which is the primary learning environment. This research aims to evaluate the degree of validity of the C.H.I.L.D. scale (CHILDREN´S HOME INVENTORY FOR LISTENING DIFFICULTIES) to determine its applicability in Colombian population. For this, nine expert judges were asked to assess the relevance, sufficiency, clarity and coherence/cohesion of content and syntax of the questions and response options in terms of yes/no, and provide the respective adjustments of the scale taking into account the observations made by them. For the analysis of the information, two agreement measurement were used, the Global Index Agreement and Kappa Index Agreement of Randolph (2005). High concordance rates were obtained for the questions and response options for both children and parents scale´s  versions. It can be concluded that the process of validity of content performed was efficient to determine its use in Colombia