Journal article
Using Rasch analysis to examine the item-level psychometrics of the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales
Speech, language and hearing, Vol.20(3), pp.130-143
07/03/2017
DOI: 10.1080/2050571X.2016.1243747
PMCID: PMC6342285
PMID: 30680215
Abstract
The Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales (IT-MAIS; Zimmerman-Phillips, S., Osberger, M.J., Robbins, A.M. 2001. Infant-toddler meaningful auditory integration scale. Sylmar, CA: Advanced Bionics Corporation) is a popular assessment designed to measure listening skills in children with hearing loss aged 0-3 years. For this study we analyzed the item-level psychometric properties of the IT-MAIS via Rasch analysis to gain further understanding about its validity and reliability. We chose to analyze the psychometric properties of the IT-MAIS because very little information exists regarding its development and validation, although it is widely used to assess listening skills in children with sensorineural hearing loss ages 0-3 years pre- and post-cochlear implant (CI). Our results indicated that the IT-MAIS items demonstrated less than ideal psychometric properties and the IT-MAIS item order did not reflect the order in which children are expected to develop functional listening skills. Our findings suggest that there is a pressing need for further discussion among researchers and clinicians about (1) how the IT-MAIS is used, and (2) what other valid and reliable outcome measures could be used alongside, or in place of, the IT-MAIS to determine CI candidacy, establish treatment goals, or track progress in listening development in very young children with hearing loss.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Using Rasch analysis to examine the item-level psychometrics of the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales
- Creators
- Brittan A. Barker - Louisiana State UniversityNeila J. Donovan - Louisiana State UniversityAnne D. Schubert - Louisiana State UniversityElizabeth A. Walker - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Speech, language and hearing, Vol.20(3), pp.130-143
- DOI
- 10.1080/2050571X.2016.1243747
- PMID
- 30680215
- PMCID
- PMC6342285
- NLM abbreviation
- Speech Lang Hear
- ISSN
- 2050-571X
- eISSN
- 2050-5728
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Grant note
- RR00059 / General Clinical Research Centers Program
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/03/2017
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984258745502771
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