Swedish translation and content evaluation of the Empowerment Audiology Questionnaire (EmpAQ-15).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Translating the newly developed Empowerment Audiology Questionnaire, EmpAQ-15 to Swedish, and performing content validation on the Swedish version.

Design

Best-practice principles using forward and back translations which were revised by a committee prior to field testing. Field testing was conducted by cognitive interviews with hearing-aid users talking through and rating the items in the translated questionnaire. Content validation was assessed by examining equivalence, accessibility, acceptability, comprehensiveness, and relevance of interview data. Questionnaire introduction and scoring instructions were evaluated by Swedish audiologists.

Study sample

Ten adult native speaking Swedish hearing aid users, recruited with purposive sampling. Maximum variatio

SUBMITTER: Larsson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11652430 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature