Quality of Hearing Scale-Revised (QHS-R)

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.

QHS-R Permissions and Use Document:

Required Instructions and General Use of the QHS-R

QHS-R Scoring and Interpretation:

Scoring and Interpretation of the QHS-R

QHS-R Administration Version:

The caregiver-report version of the QHS-R

References for the QHS-R:

• Kronenberger, W.G., Bozell, H., Henning, S.C., Montgomery, C.J., Ditmars, A.M., & Pisoni, D.B. (2021). 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