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Validation of LittleEARS questionnaire in Hindi language

BACKGROUND: Subjective measures of auditory development are equally important as objective measures to obtain a realistic image of the hearing status in infants and toddlers. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the current study were to translate and validate the LittleEARS questionnaire into the Hindi la...

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Autores principales: Prakash, Praveen, Lakshmi, S., Sreedhar, Adithya, Mathur, Arena Varan, Konadath, Sreeraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chinese PLA General Hospital 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10159752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37153707
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joto.2022.12.003
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author Prakash, Praveen
Lakshmi, S.
Sreedhar, Adithya
Mathur, Arena Varan
Konadath, Sreeraj
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Lakshmi, S.
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description BACKGROUND: Subjective measures of auditory development are equally important as objective measures to obtain a realistic image of the hearing status in infants and toddlers. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the current study were to translate and validate the LittleEARS questionnaire into the Hindi language, to calculate its psychometric properties and establish a regression curve of the scores obtained as a function of age, to calculate the inter-test and test retest reliability of the same. The secondary objectives were to compare the scores obtained by the normal hearing children and those with hearing impairment and to plot a regression curve of total scores obtained by the hearing-impaired children as a function of the duration of auditory training attended since their first fit of the device. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The procedures involved conventional translation, reverse translation, and content validation before administering the questionnaire. The translated version was administered to parents of 59 children with normal hearing and 41 children with hearing impairment. RESULTS: The finalized version had good reliability and efficient internal consistency with a Cronbach alpha value of 0.96. The mean scores obtained by the normal hearing children showed a progressive pattern as a function of age. CONCLUSION: The LittleEARS questionnaire has been successfully translated and validated into the Hindi language with excellent validity and reliability and can be used for screening and early identification of hearing impairment and in evaluating the outcome of audiological treatment approaches.
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spelling pubmed-101597522023-05-05 Validation of LittleEARS questionnaire in Hindi language Prakash, Praveen Lakshmi, S. Sreedhar, Adithya Mathur, Arena Varan Konadath, Sreeraj J Otol Research Article BACKGROUND: Subjective measures of auditory development are equally important as objective measures to obtain a realistic image of the hearing status in infants and toddlers. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the current study were to translate and validate the LittleEARS questionnaire into the Hindi language, to calculate its psychometric properties and establish a regression curve of the scores obtained as a function of age, to calculate the inter-test and test retest reliability of the same. The secondary objectives were to compare the scores obtained by the normal hearing children and those with hearing impairment and to plot a regression curve of total scores obtained by the hearing-impaired children as a function of the duration of auditory training attended since their first fit of the device. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The procedures involved conventional translation, reverse translation, and content validation before administering the questionnaire. The translated version was administered to parents of 59 children with normal hearing and 41 children with hearing impairment. RESULTS: The finalized version had good reliability and efficient internal consistency with a Cronbach alpha value of 0.96. The mean scores obtained by the normal hearing children showed a progressive pattern as a function of age. CONCLUSION: The LittleEARS questionnaire has been successfully translated and validated into the Hindi language with excellent validity and reliability and can be used for screening and early identification of hearing impairment and in evaluating the outcome of audiological treatment approaches. Chinese PLA General Hospital 2023-04 2022-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10159752/ /pubmed/37153707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joto.2022.12.003 Text en © [copyright 2022] PLA General Hospital Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Production and hosting by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10159752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37153707
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joto.2022.12.003
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