Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences & Research

Comparison of Auditory Localization Ability between Preschool Bilateral Hearing-Impaired Children and Normal Hearing Children

Nasrin Gohari; Zahra Hosseini dastgerdi; Foozieh Dehghani; Ehsan Negin; Atta Heidari

Volume 10, Issue 2 , June 2023, , Pages 100-105

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Background: Sound localization is a valuable skill whose maturation is influenced by auditory experience and is limited by bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. No study has assessed ... Read More

Hearing Loss in Patients with Covid-19: A Narrative Review

Shaghayegh Omidvar; Afsaneh Doosti; Zahra Jeddi; Zeinab Moradi Ganjeh

Volume 10, Issue 1 , March 2023, , Pages 9-15

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Background: Although the most common symptoms of Covid-19 are otolaryngological symptoms, including cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, and loss of sense of smell and taste, there ... Read More

Effectiveness of Parent Training Compared with Life Skills Training on the Mental Health of Mothers of Children with Hearing Loss: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Sara Dehbozrgi; Somaye Yazdani; Mohammad Majid Oryadi-Zanjani; Maryam Vahab; Mohamad Nikandish

Volume 10, Issue 1 , March 2023, , Pages 31-37

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Background: Hearing loss is one of the most common sensory disorders.The consequences of hearing loss in children and its effect on the mothers of affected children on the one hand ... Read More

Lexical Effects on Spoken Word Recognition in Children with Hearing Impairment: Test-Retest Reliability of the Persian Lexical Neighborhood Tests

Mohammad Majid Oryadi-Zanjani; Maryam Vahab

Volume 8, Issue 4 , December 2021, , Pages 169-175

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Background: The current study investigated lexical effects on the recognitionof spoken words in Persian-speaking children with hearing impairment usingPersian lexical neighborhood tests ... Read More

Translation and Adaptation of the Auditory Behavior in Everyday Life (ABEL) Questionnaire into Persian: A Pilot Study.

Majid Oryadi Zanjani; Suzanne C. Purdy; Maryam Vahab; Javad Rasouli; Mahla Vasfinia; Zohreh Lotf

Volume 2, Issue 3 , September 2015, , Pages 63-67

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Background: Auditory rehabilitation isone of the important tasks of speech-language pathologists. So, it is necessary to know auditory behaviors in order to make some decisions about ... Read More Background: Auditory rehabilitation isone of the important tasks of speech-language pathologists. So, it is necessary to know auditory behaviors in order to make some decisions about the children with hearing loss such as determining the effectiveness of the current rehabilitation programs and/or devices. The Auditory Behavior in Everyday Life (ABEL) questionnaire is a valid and reliable assessment tool in English which is developed by Purdy et al. (1995). The aim of this study was to translate and adapt ABEL questionnaire for Persian language.Methods:The ABEL consists of three factors ofauditory-oral, auditory awareness, and conversational/social skills. First, the questionnaire was translated and culturally adapted from English to Persian by an independent Iranian translator. The back translated version was compared with the original one in terms of the semantic/idiomatic equivalence. Then the questionnaire was completed two times by 43 mothers of 4-to-6 year old children with hearing loss who were using either hearing aids or cochlear implants. Finally, the results of the test-retest reliability were statistically compared in order to assess internal consistency. The statistical tests which were used include Cronbach’s Alpha, Spearman correlation, and Pearson correlation tests in significance level of 0.05.Results: There was a significant strength correlation among the items of the factor 1 (Alpha=0.94), factor 2 (Alpha=0.86), factor 3 (Alpha=0.82) and three factors (Alpha=0.96). There was a significant strength correlation at the 0.01 level between the scores of each factor in test-retest include auditory-oral (Spearman’s rho=0.94, P<0.001), auditory awareness (Spearman’s rho=0.92, P<0.001), and conversational/social skills (Spearman’s rho=0.82, P<0.001).Conclusion: The Persian version of ABEL questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool for the assessment of auditory performance development in Persian-speaking children wearing hearing aids or cochlear implants. So, the ABEL questionnaire can be applied by parents/caregivers, clinicians, and researchers in order to appraise children’s auditory behaviors in everyday living.

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Comparison of Auditory Localization Ability between Preschool Bilateral Hearing-Impaired Children and Normal Hearing Children

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Hearing Loss in Patients with Covid-19: A Narrative Review

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Effectiveness of Parent Training Compared with Life Skills Training on the Mental Health of Mothers of Children with Hearing Loss: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Lexical Effects on Spoken Word Recognition in Children with Hearing Impairment: Test-Retest Reliability of the Persian Lexical Neighborhood Tests

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Translation and Adaptation of the Auditory Behavior in Everyday Life (ABEL) Questionnaire into Persian: A Pilot Study.

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