The Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired-Revised: Test-retest reliability, intra-tester reliability, and inter-rater reliability

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Perspectives of Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Children

Volume

23

Publisher

ASHA

Publication Date

12-1-2013

First Page

43

Last Page

51

Abstract

Purpose: The aims of this study were to assess the test-retest, intra-rater, and inter-rater reliability of the Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired-Revised (APT/HI-R) for children with hearing loss.

Method: This study used a cross-sectional design. Sixteen children between the ages of 3 and 10 years with bilateral hearing loss who wear amplification and use spoken language to communicate were included in this study.

Results: Test-retest reliability was high (r = 0.98) for the complete test, and for all subsections of the test with the exception of the Linguistic Perception subsection. Reliability was also high for intra-rater (r = 0.99) and inter-rater (84%–92% rater agreement) reliability.

Conclusion: The APT-HI/R showed high reliability in this study, comparable to results from the original pilot study.

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