Potvin J, Punte A Kleine, Van de Heyning P
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
B-ENT. 2011;7(4):235-44.
This study aimed to validate the Dutch version of the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (SHQ). The original English SHQ by Tyler et al. is a useful and reliable self-reported assessment of spatial hearing. It has excellent construct validity and significantly correlates with other measures of auditory function. Our goal is to have similarly high internal consistency reliability and construct validity for the Dutch version of the SHQ.
We obtained the Dutch version of the original American English SHQ by the process of translation and back-translation. The SHQ was assessed in 71 patients at the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department of Antwerp University Hospital. Internal consistency reliability was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha value. Factor analysis was performed and compared to results from previous psychometric analysis of the original SHQ. Construct validity was checked by comparing scores obtained in patients with asymmetric and symmetric hearing loss.
The internal consistency of the Dutch version of the SHQ was very high with a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.98. Comparison of a group with asymmetric and symmetric impaired patients revealed significant differences in the SHQ total score and most subscale scores, emphasizing good construct validity.
The SHQ was successfully translated to Dutch. The psychometric characters of the Dutch questionnaire are similar to the original SHQ in English, with high internal consistency reliability. The Dutch version of the SHQ, Vragenlijst voor Ruimtelijk Horen, is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring spatial hearing abilities in both clinic and research settings.
本研究旨在验证荷兰语版的空间听力问卷（SHQ）。泰勒等人最初的英文SHQ是一种有用且可靠的自我报告式空间听力评估工具。它具有出色的结构效度，并且与其他听觉功能测量指标显著相关。我们的目标是使荷兰语版的SHQ具有同样高的内部一致性信度和结构效度。
我们通过翻译和回译的过程获得了原始美国英语SHQ的荷兰语版本。在安特卫普大学医院耳鼻喉科对71名患者进行了SHQ评估。使用克朗巴赫α值评估内部一致性信度。进行了因子分析，并与原始SHQ先前的心理测量分析结果进行了比较。通过比较不对称和对称听力损失患者获得的分数来检查结构效度。
荷兰语版SHQ的内部一致性非常高，克朗巴赫α值为0.98。不对称和对称受损患者组的比较显示，SHQ总分和大多数子量表分数存在显著差异，强调了良好的结构效度。
SHQ已成功翻译成荷兰语。荷兰语问卷的心理测量特征与原始英语SHQ相似，具有高内部一致性信度。荷兰语版的SHQ，即《空间听力问卷》，是一种在临床和研究环境中测量空间听力能力的有效且可靠的工具。
