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Abstract
Objectives
Hearing loss can seriously impact children’s daily life. This study aims to translate and validate the French versions of the hearing performance questionnaires, SSQ-Parent (for 5–18 years old children), and SSQ-Children (for 11–18 years old children).
Design
This controlled prospective trial was conducted between April and October 2020. The forward-backward translation method was used, and a test-retest procedure was carried out on a case and a control population. Cases had at least 30 dBHL hearing loss.
Study sample
54 cases (mean age 10.4 years old) and 32 controls (mean age 12.5 years old) answered the SSQ-Parent. 35 cases (mean age 13.1 years old) and 35 controls (mean age 14.3 years old) answered the SSQ-Children.
Results
Spearman’s correlation coefficients between global scores of the test and re-test were 0.91 (p < 0.001) for SSQ-Parent, and 0.89 (p < 0.001) for SSQ-Children. Both tests were discriminant (respectively, global score 57.8 vs 92 p < 0.001, 61.2 vs 92.6 p < 0.001), and internally consistent (Cronbach’s alpha 0.94 and 0.97). Items-global score correlation was satisfactory. ROC curves showed high area under curve for the SSQ-Children (0.990), and SSQ-Parent (0.988).
Conclusion
The SSQ-Parent and SSQ-Children revealed excellent statistical properties, and can be used for the evaluation of hearing performance of children.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s). Data is available at the following DOI: https://doi.org/10.3886/E150281V1