title: External validation of the LittlEARS® Auditory Questionnaire with English-speaking families of Canadian children with normal hearing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the external validity of the United Kingdom English version of the LittlEARS(®) Auditory Questionnaire with English-speaking families of Canadian children with normal hearing.
  
  
  METHODS
  The United Kingdom English version of the LittlEARS was administered to English-speaking families of 130 children with normal hearing in Ontario, Canada. Total scores for these children were compared to German-derived normative values.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference between Canadian and German norms when using the United Kingdom English version of the LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The United Kingdom English version of the LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire is appropriate for use with English-speaking families of normal hearing Canadian children.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6G 1H1. bagatto@nca.uwo.ca
authors.forename: Marlene P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Bagatto
authors.forename: Christine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Sheila T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Moodie
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Scollie
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires