Relative and Absolute Test-Retest Reliability of Several Persian Auditory Processing Tests for Dichotic Listening and Recognition of Speech-In-Noise in Normal Children Aged 6-12 Years

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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:
Background And Aim

Assessment of auditory processing in children is performed via special tests with confirmed sensitivity. For any adapted or developed test, there should be evidences to demonstrate acceptable test-retest reliability. Recently, two dichotic listening and two recognition of speech-in-noise tests of auditory processing have been developed in Persian language. The present study aimed to assess test-retest reliability of these tests in normal children.

Materials And Methods

The present observational and analytic study was performed on 40 children, aged 6-12 years old, selected from two elementary schools in Tehran. Inclusion criteria were right-handedness, normal peripheral hearing sensitivity (

Results

The mean score of FARDIN and PARWIN did not show a significant difference between tests and retest sessions. Dichotic listening tests scores showed a significant improvement in retest session. Intra-class correlations for tests of recognition of speech-in-noise and dichotic listening tests were 0.6-0.65 and 0.6-0.9, respectively. FARDIN and PPCW showed higher absolute reliability compared with PARWIN and PPCS tests, respectively.

Conclusion

Although children' performance for dichotic tests in retest session was slightly better, it seems that auditory processing tests used in the current study have adequate test-retest reliability in normal children.

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Persian
Published:
Scientific Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Volume:6 Issue: 4, 2018
Pages:
160 to 167
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    Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaee
    Assistant Professor Department of Basic Sciences, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    Tabatabaee، Seyed Mehdi
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