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Arabic Version of short form of the Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ12)

Mohammad B. Alkhodair, Tamer A. Mesallam, Abdulrahman Hagr and Medhat F. Yousef
Saudi Medical Journal November 2021, 42 (11) 1180-1185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210441
Mohammad B. Alkhodair
From the Audiology Unit (Alkhodair), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, from the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders (Mesallam), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University; from King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center (Hagr, Yousef), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Audiology Unit (Yousef), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Alkoum, Egypt.
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Tamer A. Mesallam
From the Audiology Unit (Alkhodair), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, from the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders (Mesallam), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University; from King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center (Hagr, Yousef), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Audiology Unit (Yousef), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Alkoum, Egypt.
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Abdulrahman Hagr
From the Audiology Unit (Alkhodair), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, from the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders (Mesallam), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University; from King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center (Hagr, Yousef), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Audiology Unit (Yousef), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Alkoum, Egypt.
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Medhat F. Yousef
From the Audiology Unit (Alkhodair), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, from the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders (Mesallam), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University; from King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center (Hagr, Yousef), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Audiology Unit (Yousef), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Alkoum, Egypt.
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    - Comparison between the Arabic speech, spatial, and qualities of hearing scale (SSQ12) scores among the study groups.

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    - Demographic characteristics of the study groups.

    CharacteristicsPatient group (n=102)Control group (n=84)P-value
    n (%)
    Age, years (mean±SD)32.84±8.7233.01±11.430.91
    Gender
    Female28 (27)23 (27)0.56
    Male74 (73)61 (73)
    • SD: standard deviation

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    Table 2

    - Internal consistency results of the Arabic speech, spatial, and qualities of hearing scale (SSQ12) questionnaire.

    SSQ12Cronbach’s alpha if item deletedItem-total correlation coefficient
    Q10.950.34
    Q20.930.72
    Q30.940.77
    Q40.930.65
    Q50.940.86
    Q60.940.80
    Q70.930.80
    Q80.940.85
    Q90.940.82
    Q100.940.79
    Q110,940.80
    Q120.930.86
    Total0.931.00
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    Table 3

    - Test-retest reliability of the Arabic speech, spatial, and qualities of hearing scale (SSQ12).

    SSQ scaleTest-retest correlationICCP-value
    Q11.000.92*0.0001*
    Q2
    Q3
    Q40.96
    Q50.99
    Q6
    Q7
    Q8
    Q9
    Q10
    Q111.00
    Q12
    Total0.99
    • ICC: intra-class correlation coefficient

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    Table 4

    - Discriminant validity of the speech, spatial, and qualities of hearing scale (SSQ12) questionnaire between the study groups.

    SSQ scalePatientsControlP-value
    Mean±SD
    Q16.50±3.376.32±3.400.721
    Q26.61±3.098.98±1.400.0001
    Q34.43±3.777.98±2.24
    Q44.57±3.205.33±3.290.116
    Q54.45±3.527.98±2.260.0001
    Q64.47±3.357.58±2.33
    Q74.48±3.618.19±1.84
    Q84.12±3.136.78±2.40
    Q94.04±3.137.30±2.40
    Q104.69±3.117.15±2.79
    Q113.57±3.436,58±3.10
    Q124.24±3.377.16±2.62
    Total4.69±2.537.28±1.37
    • SD: standard deviation

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