Adaptation of the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap into Cantonese

Fuente, A., McPHERSON, B., Kwok, E.T.T., Chan, K. and Kramer, S. Adaptation of the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap into Cantonese. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 32(2), 115-126. 2012. 

Abstract:

This research aimed to adapt the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap (AIADH) into Cantonese. A total of six Cantonese-English bilingual speakers participated in the adaptation of the AIADH. One-hundred and thirty- three normal-hearing and hearing-impaired Chinese-speaking participants from Hong Kong completed the Cantonese adaptation of the questionnaire (C-AIADH). Good internal consistency and reliability of the questionnaire was indicated by a high Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Statistical analysis showed that the newly adapted questionnaire could differentiate between normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects. Percentiles were computed from the data obtained from normal-hearing subjects (n = 35) to obtain normal scores for the C-AIADH. The findings and possible clinical uses are discussed.