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Hearing Screen

Page history last edited by PBworks 17 years ago

Functional Assessment Instrument Attributes

 

    1. Description:
    2. Author/Sponsor:
    3. Prevalence:
    4. Population:
    5. Subject:
    6. Provider Setting:
    7. Derived:
    8. Validity and Reliability Testing:
    9. Specific vs Multiple Domain:
    10. Verbal or Observation based:
    11. Are calculated scores included:
    12. Extended use:
    13. Versions:
    14. Public Domain:
    15. References:
    16. Comments:

 

Description:

 

Hearing affects many dimensions of functional status and wellness and poor hearing places the individual at risk for social and emotional isolation, and lack of understanding of health and disease related treatments

 

Author/Sponsor:

 

Ventry and Weinstein, 1982. From Women’s Health and Aging Study

 

Prevalence:

 

Frequency/Level of use, dissemination, how widespread is the usage of the instrument?

 

Population:

 

For what population was the instrument designed?

 

Subject:

 

Who is the instrument administered to?

 

Provider Setting:

 

Where is the instrument used i.e. admission to nursing home, referral to home care, etc?

 

Derived:

 

Is this insrument derived from or a component of another instrument?

 

Validity and Reliability Testing:

 

Is the methodology of the instrument open to peer review?

 

Specific vs Multiple Domain:

 

What domains does the instrument assess? List CCD topics that the instrument covers.

 

Verbal or Observation based:

 

Is subject just asked questions or do they have to do some activity (i.e. get up and go assessment)?

 

Are calculated scores included:

 

An algorithm may calculate one or more scores based on elements of the assessment.

 

Extended use:

 

Is the instrument being used outside the original target population?

 

Versions:

 

Are there different versions of the tool? Sometimes the different versions have different # of questions.

 

Public Domain:

 

Is the instrument in the public domain (Y/N)?

 

References:

 

“A brief hearing questionnaire was administered, including items from the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening Version (Ventry and Weinstein, 1982).” From Women’s Health and Aging Study

 

Comments:

 

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