Table 2.
Subjective Outcome Evaluation Tools Selected for Critical Review Along With a Brief Description of Each
| Description |
Reference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome evaluation tool | Number of items | Response format | Scoring format | Age range | Factors assessed | |
| Auditory Behavior in Everyday Life (ABEL) | 24 | 7-point scale | Subscale and overall averages | 4 to 14 years | Aural-Oral, auditory awareness, social/conversational | Purdy et al (2002) |
| Children’s Home Inventory for Listening Difficulties (CHILD) | 15 | 8-point scale | Total and overall average | 3 to 12 years | Understanding sound at home | Anderson and Smaldino (2000) |
| Children’s Outcome Worksheet (COW) | 5 | 5-point scale | Overall average | — | Individually defined needs and outcomes | Williams (2004) |
| Client Oriented Scale of Improvement – Child Version (COSI – C) | 3 to 5 | 5-point scale | Degree of change, overall average | >0 | Parent-defined goals | National Acoustics Laboratories |
| Developmental Index of Audition and Listening (DIAL) / Family Expectations Worksheet (FEW) | 3 to 5 | 5-point scale | Degree of change, overall average | Birth to 22 years | Auditory behaviors, organized in a developmental hierarchy | Palmer and Mormer (1999) |
| Early Listening Function (ELF) | 12 | Yes/maybe/no | Complex | Birth to 3 years | Furthest distance at which the child consistently responds in real life | Anderson (2000) |
| Functional Auditory Performance Indicators (FAPI) | 31 | Not present/emerging/in process/acquired | Sum score per category | Birth to childhood | Seven categories of auditory behaviors, in developmental order | Stredler-Brown and Johnson (2003) |
| Hearing Aid Benefit Scale for Infants / Toddlers (HABIT) | 10 | 3-point scale | Not specified | Birth to 3 years | Hearing aid benefit | Geier (1998) |
| Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (IT-MAIS) | 10 probes | Parental observation plus structured interview | Overall score (based on examples given) | Older infancy through childhood | Vocalization behaviorAlerting to soundsMeaning from sound | Zimmerman-Phillips et al (2000) |
| LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire | 35 | Yes/no | Total of “Yes” responses | Birth to 24 months | Three categories of auditory behaviors, organized in a developmental hierarchy | Tsiakpini et al (2004) |
| Parents’ Evaluation of Aural/Oral Performance of Children (PEACH) | Diary 13 | Parental observation plus structured interview | Subscale and overall percentages (based on examples given) | Infancy through childhood | Hearing aid use, loudness discomfort, communication in quiet and noise, phone use, environmental sounds | Ching and Hill (2005a) |
| Rating scale 13 | 5-point rating scale | Subscale and overall percentages | Ching and Hill (2005b) | |||