The Vanderbilt Fatigue Scales (VFS) are a suite of self- and proxy-report scales specifically designed to identify significant listening-related fatigue in individuals with hearing loss and other communication-based difficulties. You can find more information about the development of the scales, their use in clinical, educational, and research endeavors, and how to partner with us to translate the scales into another language on the pages of this site. 

The Vanderbilt Fatigue Scales were created in collaboration with the following research laboratories at Vanderbilt University Medical Center: 

• Listening and Learning Lab (PI: Dr. Fred Bess, Co PI: Dr. Stephen Camarata, Research Coordinator: Dr. Hilary Davis)
• Hearing and Communication Lab (PI: Dr. Ben Hornsby)

The authors also acknowledge the critical contributions provided by Dr. Sun-Joo Cho and Dr. Ronan McGarrigle throughout the scale development and validation process. They also express gratitude to all the families and individuals that provided data for this project, as well as the numerous VUMC graduate students who assisted with the collection, organization, and analysis of the data.

Please direct all inquires and questions about the VFS to Dr. Ben Hornsby at ben.hornsby@vumc.org. 

Funding Support
The development of the Vanderbilt Fatigue Scales for Children (VFS-Peds) was supported by the US Institute for Educational Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R324A150029 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

The development of the Vanderbilt Fatigue Scales for Adults (VFS-A-40 & VFS-A-10) were supported by a grant from Starkey, Inc and by the NIH NIDCD through Grant R21DC012865 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.