Evaluation of auditory verbal memory and learning performance of 18-30 year old Persian-speaking healthy women

Auditory memory plays an important role in developing language skills and learning. The aim of the present study was to assess auditory verbal memory and learning performance of 18-30 year old healthy adults using the Persian version of the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT). This descriptive، cross-sectional study was coducted on seventy 18-30 year old healthy females with the mean age of 23. 2 years and a standard deviation (SD) of 2. 4 years. Different aspects of memory، like immediate recall، delayed recall، recognition، forgetting rate، interference and learning، were assessed using the Persian version of RAVLT. Mean score increased from 8. 94 (SD=1. 91) on the first trial to 13. 70 (SD=1. 18) on the fifth trial. Total learning mean score was 12. 19 (SD=1. 08)، and mean learning rate was 4. 76. Mean scores of the participants on the delayed recall and recognition trials were 13. 47 (SD=1. 2)، and 14. 72 (SD=0. 53)، respectively. The proactive and retroactive interference scores were 0. 86 and 0. 96، respectively. The forgetting rate score was 1. 01 and the retrieval score was 0. 90. The auditory-verbal memory and learning performance of healthy Persian-speaking females was similar to the performance of the same population in other countries. Therefore، the Persian version of RAVLT is valid for assessment of memory function in the Persian-speaking female population.