Cultural adaptation of the speech, spatial and qualities of hearing scale to Colombian Spanish.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale has been widely used to assess the subjective sense of auditory ability, functional hearing loss and the resulting benefit of the hearing correction strategy.

Objective

To translate and culturally adapt the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale to the Colombian Spanish from Brazilian Portuguese by means of a final version that demonstrates an understanding percentage greater than 85%.

Methods

The study was divided into three phases: in the first one the translation was done, the retro translation and the modifications were defined by the evaluation team, and in the other two, two pilot tests were made to 50 participants: in the first one the understanding of each of the statements that made up th

SUBMITTER: Sanchez DCC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422663 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature