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. 2020 Jul 3;20:186. doi: 10.1186/s12903-020-01170-y

Table 2.

Describing Details of OHL Tools

Author Instrument Year Publication Setting Characteristics Psychometrics Measure style Assessment Scoring categories
Domains assessed Validation sample population age Modes of administration in validation study Number of items Sample size in validation study Language of validated version
Richman et al., [31] REALD-99 2007 North Carolina Pronunciation Adults: 18 to 64 years Face-to-face 99 102 English REALM Family Objective Sum score (0–99)
Gong et al., [32] ToFHLiD 2007 North Carolina Comprehension, Numeracy Adults: 18 to 64 years Face-to-face 80 102 English TOFHLA Family Objective Weighted score (0–100)
Lee et al., [33] REALD-30 2007 North Carolina Pronunciation Adults: 18 to 64 years Face-to-face 30 202 English REALM Family Objective Sum score (0–30)
Sabbahi et al., [34] OHLI 2009 Toronto Comprehension, Numeracy Adults: 18 to 64 years Paper and pencil, Face-to-face 57 100 English TOFHLA Family Objective Possible range: 0–100 (comprehension score × 1.31, numeracy score × 2.63), with 0–59: inadequate HL, 60–74: marginal HL, and 75–100: adequate HL
Macek et al., [35] CMOHK 2010 Baltimore Pronunciation Adults:aged 45–64 years Face-to-face 28 100 REALM Family Objective CMOHK scores were divided into three categories. Scores from 0 to 11 represented“poor,“12–14 corresponded to“fair,” and 15–23 represented “good”
Atchison et al., [36] REALM-D 2010 USA Comprehension, Pronunciation Adults: 18 to 64 years Face-to-face 84 200 English REALM Family Objective Words pronounced correctly received a score of 1, and mispronounced or not attempted words received a score of 0.
Stucky et al., [37] TS-REALD 2011 North Carolina Pronunciation Adults Face-to-face 11 1405 English REALM Family Objective Possible range: 0–9 (raw score). For interpretation, raw scores are transformed
Wong et al., [38] HKREALD-30 2012 Hong Kong Comprehension, Numeracy Adults: 18 to 64 years, Adolescents: 10 to 17 years Paper and pencil, Face-to-face 52 200 Cantonese REALM Family Objective Possible range: 0–52, ↑scores = ↑ Oral HL
Lee et al., [39] OHLA-S 2012 North Carolina Word recognition section and a comprehension aged 18 or older but less than 80 years Face-to-face 24 405 Spanish and English REALM Family Objective

Sum score

(0–24)

Gironda et al., [40] REALMD-20 2013 USA Pronunciation least 18 years of age Face-to-face 20 200 English REALM Family Objective Sum score (0–20)
Wong et al., [41] HKOHLAT-P 2013 Hong Kong Pronunciation Adults:aged 45–64 years Face-to-face 30 200 pairs of paediatric dental patients Hong Kong TOFHLA Family Self-reported Total score range of 0–52, with higher scores indicating better functional OHL.
Jones et al., [42] HeLD 2013 Australians Comprehension, Numeracy Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years, Adolescents: 10 to 17 years Paper and pencil, Face-to-face 29 209 English Self-reported NR
Naghibi Sistani et al., [43] OHL-AQ 2013

Tehran

(Iran)

Reading comprehension,numeracy, literacy and decision making adults aged between 18 and 65 years Face-to-face 17 97 Persian TOFHLA Family Self-reported

Possible range: 0–17

Inadequate, 0–9; marginal, 10–11; and adequate, 12–17.

Tadakamadla et al., [44] AREALD-30 2014 Saudi Arabia Pronunciation aged over 25 years Face-to-face 30 177 Arabic REALM Family Objective Sum score (0–30)
Pakpour et al., [45] IREALD-99 2014 Iran Pronunciation Adults: 18 to 64 years Face-to-face 99 421 Persian REALM Family Objective Sum score (0–99)
Junkes et al., [46] BREALD-30 2015 Brazilian Pronunciation

aged 18 to

75 years

Face-to-face 30 258 Brazilian-Portuguese REALM Family Objective Sum score (0–30)
Peker et al., [47] TREALD-30 2017 Turkish Pronunciation Adults: 18 to 64 years Face-to-face 30 127 Turkish REALM Family Objective Sum score (0–30)
Cruvinel et al., [48] REALMD-20 2017 Brazilian Pronunciation Older Adults: 65+ years, Adults: 18 to 64 years Face-to-face 20 200 Portuguese REALM Family Objective NR
Bado et al., [49] OHLA-B 2017 Brazilian Pronunciation and comprehension Adults Paper and pencil, Face-to-face 30 20 Portuguese REALM Family Objective Sum score (0–30)
Cartes-Velásquez and Luengo Machuca, [50] OHLI-cl 2017 Chilean Comprehension, Numeracy, General Adults: 18 to 64 years Paper and pencil, Face-to-face 57 482 Spanish Objective Possible range: 0–100 (comprehension score × 1.31, numeracy score × 2.63), with 0–59: inadequate HL, 60–74: marginal HL, and 75–100: adequate HL
Cartes-Velásquez and Luengo-Machucaa, [51] Span-REALD-30 2018 Chilean Pronunciation, Numeracy, General, Comprehension Adults: 18 to 64 years Face-to-face 30 482 Spanish Objective NR