Item response theory applied to factors affecting the patient journey towards hearing rehabilitation

To develop a tool for use in hearing screening and to evaluate the patient journey towards hearing rehabilitation, responses to the hearing aid rehabilitation questionnaire scales aid stigma, pressure, and aid unwanted addressing respectively hearing aid stigma, experienced pressure from others; perceived hearing aid benefit were evaluated with item response theory. The sample was comprised of 212 persons aged 55 years or more; 63 were hearing aid users, 64 with and 85 persons without hearing impairment according to guidelines for hearing aid reimbursement in the Netherlands. Bias was investigated relative to hearing aid use and hearing impairment within the differential test functioning framework. Items compromising model fit or demonstrating differential item functioning were dropped. The aid stigma scale was reduced from 6 to 4, the pressure scale from 7 to 4, and the aid unwanted scale from 5 to 4 items. This procedure resulted in bias-free scales ready for screening purposes and application to further understand the help-seeking process of the hearing impaired.

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What makes experts reliable? Expert reliability and the estimation of latent traits

Research & Politics ◽

10.1177/2053168019879561 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 205316801987956 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kyle L. Marquardt ◽

Daniel Pemstein ◽

Brigitte Seim ◽

Yi-ting Wang

Keyword(s):

Item Response Theory ◽

Item Response ◽

Theory Model ◽

Contextual Knowledge ◽

Response Theory ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Reliability Estimates ◽

Level Data ◽

Latent Traits ◽

Item Response Theory Models

Experts code latent quantities for many influential political science datasets. Although scholars are aware of the importance of accounting for variation in expert reliability when aggregating such data, they have not systematically explored either the factors affecting expert reliability or the degree to which these factors influence estimates of latent concepts. Here we provide a template for examining potential correlates of expert reliability, using coder-level data for six randomly selected variables from a cross-national panel dataset. We aggregate these data with an ordinal item response theory model that parameterizes expert reliability, and regress the resulting reliability estimates on both expert demographic characteristics and measures of their coding behavior. We find little evidence of a consistent substantial relationship between most expert characteristics and reliability, and these null results extend to potentially problematic sources of bias in estimates, such as gender. The exceptions to these results are intuitive, and provide baseline guidance for expert recruitment and retention in future expert coding projects: attentive and confident experts who have contextual knowledge tend to be more reliable. Taken as a whole, these findings reinforce arguments that item response theory models are a relatively safe method for aggregating expert-coded data.

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Student Factors Affecting Latent Transition of Mathematics Achievement Measuring From Latent Transition Analysis with a Mixture Item Response Theory Measurement Model

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.02.134 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 217 ◽

pp. 729-737

Author(s):

Korawan Saengtrakul ◽

Sirichai Kanjanawasee ◽

Nonglak Wiratchai

Keyword(s):

Item Response Theory ◽

Mathematics Achievement ◽

Item Response ◽

Measurement Model ◽

Latent Transition Analysis ◽

Response Theory ◽

Transition Analysis ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Latent Transition

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Using Item Response Theory to Develop Revised (SSOSH-7) and Ultra-Brief (SSOSH-3) Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scales

Assessment ◽

10.1177/1073191120958496 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 107319112095849

Author(s):

Rachel E. Brenner ◽

Kimberly F. Colvin ◽

Joseph H. Hammer ◽

David L. Vogel

Keyword(s):

Item Response Theory ◽

Item Response ◽

Latent Variable ◽

Help Seeking ◽

The Self ◽

Response Theory ◽

Student Sample ◽

Item Functioning ◽

Seeking Help ◽

Highly Correlated

The current research developed ultra-brief (SSOSH-3) and revised (SSOSH-7) versions of the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help scale. Item response theory was used to examine the amount of information each item provided across the latent variable scale and test whether items functioned differently across women and men. In a sample of 857 community adults, results supported removal of three reverse-scored items to create the SSOSH-7. The three most informative items were retained to create the SSOSH-3. Differential item functioning testing supported the use of both versions across women and men. Results replicated in an undergraduate student sample ( n = 661). In both samples, the SSOSH-3 (αs = .82-.87) and SSOSH-7 (αs = .87-.89) demonstrated evidence of internal consistency. The SSOSH-3 ( rs ≥ .89) and SSOSH-7 ( rs ≥ .97) were highly correlated with the original SSOSH across samples and demonstrated significant correlations with help-seeking constructs and in similar magnitude to the original SSOSH.

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Sentence-Based Experience Logging in New Hearing Aid Users

American Journal of Audiology ◽

10.1044/2020_aja-19-00077 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (3S) ◽

pp. 631-637

Author(s):

Katja Lund ◽

Rodrigo Ordoñez ◽

Jens Bo Nielsen ◽

Dorte Hammershøi

Keyword(s):

Hearing Aid ◽

Patient Experiences ◽

Online Tool ◽

Rehabilitation Process ◽

Hearing Rehabilitation ◽

Clinical Observations ◽

Hearing Aid Use ◽

Wide Range ◽

Insight Into ◽

Shed Light

Purpose The aim of this study was to develop a tool to gain insight into the daily experiences of new hearing aid users and to shed light on aspects of aided performance that may not be unveiled through standard questionnaires. Method The tool is developed based on clinical observations, patient experiences, expert involvement, and existing validated hearing rehabilitation questionnaires. Results An online tool for collecting data related to hearing aid use was developed. The tool is based on 453 prefabricated sentences representing experiences within 13 categories related to hearing aid use. Conclusions The tool has the potential to reflect a wide range of individual experiences with hearing aid use, including auditory and nonauditory aspects. These experiences may hold important knowledge for both the patient and the professional in the hearing rehabilitation process.

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