Notebook of experiences: a therapeutic resource in educational audiology.
Natália Barreto Frederigue-Lopes, Débora Prevideli Soldera, Joice de Moura Silva and 3 others
PMID 35019064WHAT IT FOUND
A Portuguese translation of a guide for creating 'experience notebooks' with children who have hearing loss was rated easy to read and highly useful by 18 professionals.
The material helps families document daily life to support language therapy.
Key findings
01The translated material achieved a Content Validity Index of 94.48%.
02The readability of the text improved from 'difficult' to 'easy' after editing technical terms and sentence length.
03Most participants rated the quality of the PDF and videos as good or excellent.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The response rate was very low: only 18 of 184 invited professionals completed the survey. The study evaluated the usability and quality of the material, not whether it actually improves children's language outcomes. The participants were all from a specific distance learning course, which may not represent the broader professional community.
Declared interests
The study was funded by CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Nível Profissional Superior). The original tool is associated with Cochlear®, and the final material is hosted on a Cochlear® website, though the funding declaration only lists CAPES.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the high validity scores as evidence that this tool improves speech or language outcomes in children. The study only confirmed that professionals found the translated guide easy to understand and useful for practice.