Quality of Hearing Scale - Revised (QHS-R) - Information and Supporting Documents

The QHS-R is a 20 item caregiver-report questionnaire that measures functional everyday hearing quality in children and adolescents. A self-report version of the QHS-R for adolescents and adults is also under development. For more detailed information about the QHS-R, please see the links below, starting with the "QHS-R Permissions and Use" document. A description of QHS-R content and subscales is contained in the document "QHS-R Scoring and Interpretation." The QHS-R is intended for use only by qualified professionals. Before using the QHS-R, you must agree to the "QHS-R Permissions and Use" document (please be sure to send the exact wording in the document to the email address) and obtain permission from the scale author, William Kronenberger, Ph.D., at wkronenb@iupui.edu. You will then be provided with a free password to open the files.

Background Information on the QHS-R:

• QHS-R Permissions and Use - required agreement and general instructions for use of the QHS-R (no password required)
• QHS-R Scoring and Interpretation - scoring and preliminary interpretation suggestions

QHS-R Versions (password required; see "Permissions and Use" document):

• QHS-R Caregiver Report - the caregiver-report version of the QHS-R for children and adolescents aged 3-17 years. For equivalency analyses comparing the original QHS and QHS-R, please contact the scale author at wkronenb@iupui.edu.
• QHS-R Self-Report - coming soon - the self-report version of the QHS-R for adults and adolescents age 13 years and older

References for the QHS-R:

• Kronenberger, W.G., Bozell, H., Henning, S.C., Montgomery, C.J., Ditmars, A.M., & Pisoni, D.B. (in press). Functional hearing quality in prelingually deaf school-age children and adolescents with cochlear implants. International Journal of Audiology.
  • Provides applications and psychometrics of the QHS.
• QHS/QHS-R Equivalency Report - research-in-progress analyses demonstrating equivalency of the original QHS and revised QHS

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