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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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