Psychometric Normalization of a Hyperacusis Questionnaire
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Clinical hyperacusis consists of a marked intolerance to ordinary environmental sounds, while hearing thresholds are quite often normal. Hyperacusis appears to be a subjective phenomenon, which is not easily defined or quantified by objective measurements. In order to create a tool suitable to quantify and evaluate various hyperacusis symptoms, a questionnaire screening several aspects of auditory symptomatology has been constructed. Two hundred and one subjects (who were either hyperacusic or not), randomly selected from the general population, were tested. A principal component analysis performed on the correlation matrix of the 14 items of the questionnaire isolated three dimensions: attentional, social, and emotional. The three dimensions had satisfactory internal consistency reliability. The mean ± SD total score was 15 ± 6.7 out of 42 (maximum of hyperacusis) and a score greater than 28 seems to represent a strong auditory hypersensitivity. This new psychometric tool should further be tested on hyperacusic patients to verify its relevance in pathology and define the involvement of the three dimensions statistically obtained on the hyperacusis symptomatology.
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- Authors
- Khalfa, S., Dubal, S., Veuillet, E., Perez-Diaz, F., Jouvent, R., & Collet, L.
- Venue
- ORL
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Published
- 2002
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 436-442
- ISSN
- 0301-1569 (ISSN-L)
- 1423-0275
- OpenAlex
- W2021146149
- Cited by
- 488
- References
- 13
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- FWCI
- 0.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ORL (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Noise Effects and Management
- Keywords
- hyperacusis, psychometric validation, auditory hypersensitivity, social dimension, affective domain, principal component analysis, internal consistency, screening tool
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Auditory Threshold, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Hyperacusis
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