title: Psychometric evaluation of a Swedish version of the communication strategies scale of the communication profile for the hearing impaired.
abstract: The Communication Strategies scale of the Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired (CPHI) was translated into Swedish and used in several studies of people with hearing impairment (Hallberg & Carlsson, in press; Hallberg, Erlandsson, & Carlsson, 1991). In this study the scale was evaluated in terms of descriptive statistics, corrected item-total correlations, principal component analysis, and internal consistency reliability. Agreement with results from American studies is surprisingly good. Normative data based on three samples are presented: a general Swedish hearing-impaired sample with predominantly sensorineural hearing loss (N = 199), a subgroup of 105 younger subjects with noise-induced hearing loss, and a subgroup of 39 older subjects with sensorineural hearing loss due to heredity and/or old age. A significantly more frequent use of maladaptive behaviors (p less than .001) and verbal communication strategies (p less than .01) was reported by older subjects with age-related and/or hereditary hearing loss than by younger subjects with noise-induced hearing loss. The Communication Strategies scale seems to be an adequately reliable and clinically useful instrument for assessing adaptive and maladaptive strategies in hearing-impaired subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Hallberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eriksson-Mangold
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Carlsson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012107:Research Design; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013548:Sweden; D014705:Verbal Behavior