title: Revised Communication Self-assessment Scale Inventory for Deaf Adults (CSDA).
abstract: The 125-item Communication Self-assessment Scale Inventory for Deaf Adults evaluates difficult communication situations, their importance to the client, communication strategies, and attitudes toward hearing loss. Each scale contains subscales, and the scales may be used independently of each other. The original 115-item scale was revised to improve internal consistency of some of the subscales and modify language in some items. Internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, and normative data are presented. The scales were presented to a group of prelingually deaf adults and adolescents who differed in the frequency of hearing aid use, primary mode of communication home, school, and work, and educational background. Subjects responded to some of the scales and subscales in a significantly different manner based on these parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC 20002, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bally
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brandt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013067:Speech Perception