Research Article

A Persian version of the sustained auditory attention capacity test and its results in normal children

Abstract

Background and Aim: Sustained attention refers to the ability to maintain attention in target stimuli over a sustained period of time. This study was conducted to develop a Persian version of the sustained auditory attention capacity test and to study its results in normal children.
Methods: To develop the Persian version of the sustained auditory attention capacity test, like the original version, speech stimuli were used. The speech stimuli consisted of one hundred monosyllabic words consisting of a 20 times random of and repetition of the words of a 21-word list of monosyllabic words, which were randomly grouped together. The test was carried out at comfortable hearing level using binaural, and diotic presentation modes on 46 normal children of 7 to 11 years of age of both gender.
Results: There was a significant difference between age, and an average of impulsiveness error score (p=0.004) and total score of sustained auditory attention capacity test (p=0.005). No significant difference was revealed between age, and an average of inattention error score and attention reduction span index. Gender did not have a significant impact on various indicators of the test.
Conclusion: The results of this test on a group of normal hearing children confirmed its ability to measure sustained auditory attention capacity through speech stimuli.

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IssueVol 22 No 1 (2013) QRcode
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Keywords
Sustained auditory attention impulsiveness error inattention error speech stimulus children
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Soltanparast S, Jafari Z, Sameni SJ, Salehi M. A Persian version of the sustained auditory attention capacity test and its results in normal children. Aud Vestib Res. 2017;22(1):85-94.