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<Articles JournalTitle="Auditory and Vestibular Research">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Auditory and Vestibular Research</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2423-480X</Issn>
      <Volume>25</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>18</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Cultural adaptation and determination of validity and reliability of the Persian version of the parents&#x2019; evaluation of aural/oral performance of children questionnaire</title>
    <FirstPage>111</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>118</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Fateme</FirstName>
        <LastName>Naghibirad</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Jamileh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Fatahi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Fahimeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Hajiabolhassan</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Elham</FirstName>
        <LastName>Faghihzadeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hessamaldin</FirstName>
        <LastName>Emamdjomeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">ENT and Head &amp; Neck Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>21</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>05</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background and Aim: Parents&#x2019; evaluation of aural/oral performance of children (PEACH) questionnaire is used for children within any age group and any amount of hearing loss. The pur&#xAD;pose of this study was translation, cultural adap&#xAD;tation, determination of reliability and validity of the questionnaire, and assessment of its scores in children with cochlear implant versus normal group.
Methods: Questionnaire was translated into Persian and was adapted to meet Iranian cultural context. After confirming face validity, the test was given to a group of normal children (n=54) and a group of cochlear implanted users (n=30). It was tested for reliability after two weeks.
Results: Test results showed high Cronbach alpha (0.91) and total inter-class correlation of 0.99 which were higher than respective values in the original version. Significant difference was seen in comparison of scores between chil&#xAD;dren with cochlear implant and normal children (p=0.026).
Conclusion: Persian version of PEACH ques&#xAD;tionnaire, which is the equivalence of the ori&#xAD;ginal version, seems to have high validity and reliability and it is a useful tool for evaluating aural/oral performance of hearing impaired chil&#xAD;dren.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/view/82</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/download/82/48</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
