Table 1.

Abbreviations.

Abbreviation	Definition
AISP^*	Automated Item Selection Procedure
CFA	Confirmatory Factor Analysis
CTT	Classical Test Theory
DMM	Double Monotonicity Model
EFA	Exploratory Factor Analysis
GA	Genetic Algorithm
HHIA	Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults
HHIE	Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly
HHIE/A	Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly and Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults
HTMT	Heterotrait-Monotrait
IIO	Invariant Item Ordering
IRF	Item Response Function
IRT	Item Response Theory
ISRF	Item Step Response Function
MHM	Monotone Homogeneity Model
MIIO	Manifest Invariant Item Ordering
MSA	Mokken Scale Analysis
MUSC	Medical University of South Carolina
PROM	Patient-Reported Outcome Measure
PTA	Pure-Tone Average
RHHI	Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory
RHHI-S	Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory – Screening
ROC	Receiver Operating Characteristic
SD	Standard Deviation
SE	Standard Error