title: [Verbal learning and memory test in children. Analysis of it environmental validity].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The VLMT (auditory verbal learning and memory test) was constructed for use in children and adults. This study aimed at investigating the ecological validity in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a retrospective study, data from 384 children were investigated. Correlations between the VLMT and a newly developed questionnaire (AVWS-Q) probing auditory processing skills were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant albeit very weak correlations between VLMT items and AVWS-Q items were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicate that VLMT performance cannot be predicted by the AVWS-Q (neither as a sum score nor as questions regarding memory skills alone). Either the ecological validity of the VLMT has to be considered poor or the AVWS-Q does not probe memory skills sufficiently.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover. Ptok.Martin@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ptok
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buller
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuske
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hecker
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014706:Verbal Learning