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Validation of LittlEARS® Early Speech Production Questionnaire in Arabic-speaking children with normal hearing

Tamer A. Mesallam, Medhat Yousef, Ilona Anderson, Yassin Abdelsamad, Sara Alkhamiss and Abdulrahman Alsanosi
Saudi Medical Journal September 2021, 42 (9) 1031-1035; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.9.20210322
Tamer A. Mesallam
From the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders (Mesallam), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Otolaryngology Department (Mesallam, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Research Department (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Otolaryngology Department (Yousef), College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Alkoum, Egpyt; and from the Clinical Research Department, (Anderson), MED-EL GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Medhat Yousef
From the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders (Mesallam), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Otolaryngology Department (Mesallam, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Research Department (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Otolaryngology Department (Yousef), College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Alkoum, Egpyt; and from the Clinical Research Department, (Anderson), MED-EL GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Ilona Anderson
From the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders (Mesallam), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Otolaryngology Department (Mesallam, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Research Department (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Otolaryngology Department (Yousef), College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Alkoum, Egpyt; and from the Clinical Research Department, (Anderson), MED-EL GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Yassin Abdelsamad
From the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders (Mesallam), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Otolaryngology Department (Mesallam, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Research Department (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Otolaryngology Department (Yousef), College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Alkoum, Egpyt; and from the Clinical Research Department, (Anderson), MED-EL GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Sara Alkhamiss
From the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders (Mesallam), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Otolaryngology Department (Mesallam, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Research Department (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Otolaryngology Department (Yousef), College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Alkoum, Egpyt; and from the Clinical Research Department, (Anderson), MED-EL GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Abdulrahman Alsanosi
From the Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders (Mesallam), Otolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Otolaryngology Department (Mesallam, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Research Department (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Otolaryngology Department (Yousef), College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Alkoum, Egpyt; and from the Clinical Research Department, (Anderson), MED-EL GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Tamer A. Mesallam, Medhat Yousef, Ilona Anderson, Yassin Abdelsamad, Sara Alkhamiss, Abdulrahman Alsanosi
Saudi Medical Journal Sep 2021, 42 (9) 1031-1035; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.9.20210322

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Tamer A. Mesallam, Medhat Yousef, Ilona Anderson, Yassin Abdelsamad, Sara Alkhamiss, Abdulrahman Alsanosi
Saudi Medical Journal Sep 2021, 42 (9) 1031-1035; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.9.20210322
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