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Development and cultural adaptation of the Saudi pediatric speech intelligibility test

Medhat Yousef, Tamer Mesallam, Yassin Abdelsamad, Sara Alkhamiss, Tahani Alotaibi, Shahad Alsanosi, Ayna Almasaad and Abdulrahman Alsanosi
Saudi Medical Journal November 2024, 45 (11) 1260-1264; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.11.20240539
Medhat Yousef
From the Department of ENT (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi, Alsanosi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud Medical City, King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Mesallam), King Saud University; from the Department of ENT (Alotaibi, Almasaad), Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, from the Department of Research (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of ENT (Yousef), Audio Vestibular Unit, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Tamer Mesallam
From the Department of ENT (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi, Alsanosi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud Medical City, King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Mesallam), King Saud University; from the Department of ENT (Alotaibi, Almasaad), Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, from the Department of Research (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of ENT (Yousef), Audio Vestibular Unit, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Yassin Abdelsamad
From the Department of ENT (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi, Alsanosi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud Medical City, King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Mesallam), King Saud University; from the Department of ENT (Alotaibi, Almasaad), Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, from the Department of Research (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of ENT (Yousef), Audio Vestibular Unit, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Sara Alkhamiss
From the Department of ENT (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi, Alsanosi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud Medical City, King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Mesallam), King Saud University; from the Department of ENT (Alotaibi, Almasaad), Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, from the Department of Research (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of ENT (Yousef), Audio Vestibular Unit, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Tahani Alotaibi
From the Department of ENT (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi, Alsanosi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud Medical City, King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Mesallam), King Saud University; from the Department of ENT (Alotaibi, Almasaad), Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, from the Department of Research (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of ENT (Yousef), Audio Vestibular Unit, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Shahad Alsanosi
From the Department of ENT (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi, Alsanosi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud Medical City, King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Mesallam), King Saud University; from the Department of ENT (Alotaibi, Almasaad), Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, from the Department of Research (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of ENT (Yousef), Audio Vestibular Unit, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Ayna Almasaad
From the Department of ENT (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi, Alsanosi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud Medical City, King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Mesallam), King Saud University; from the Department of ENT (Alotaibi, Almasaad), Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, from the Department of Research (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of ENT (Yousef), Audio Vestibular Unit, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Abdulrahman Alsanosi
From the Department of ENT (Yousef, Alkhamiss, Alsanosi, Alsanosi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud Medical City, King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Mesallam), King Saud University; from the Department of ENT (Alotaibi, Almasaad), Communication and Swallowing Disorders Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, from the Department of Research (Abdelsamad), MED-EL GmbH, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of ENT (Yousef), Audio Vestibular Unit, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt.
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Medhat Yousef, Tamer Mesallam, Yassin Abdelsamad, Sara Alkhamiss, Tahani Alotaibi, Shahad Alsanosi, Ayna Almasaad, Abdulrahman Alsanosi
Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2024, 45 (11) 1260-1264; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.11.20240539

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Medhat Yousef, Tamer Mesallam, Yassin Abdelsamad, Sara Alkhamiss, Tahani Alotaibi, Shahad Alsanosi, Ayna Almasaad, Abdulrahman Alsanosi
Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2024, 45 (11) 1260-1264; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.11.20240539
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