Aryal Sajana, Bhattarai Biraj, Prabhu Prashanth
Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, 570006 India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Dec;74(Suppl 3):4409-4414. doi: 10.1007/s12070-022-03082-5. Epub 2022 Jan 10.
Hearing handicap inventory for adult- screening version (HHIA-S) is one of the widely used questionnaire for assessing hearing handicap among adult population over the short period of time. This questionnaire has been translated in many languages worldwide including Indian, Sweden, and Spanish. However, there is lack of such questionnaire in Nepali language. Hence, this study is aimed at developing and standardizing the HHIA-S questionnaire in Nepali language. The English version of the HHIA-S was translated to the Nepali language using the translation-back-translation method. Further, it was given to 10 native Nepali speakers for content validation. The final HHIA-S Nepali version was then administered to 70 normal native Nepali speakers and 50 hearing impaired Nepali speaker. The responses were analyzed, and Cronbach's alpha was calculated to measure the internal consistency of the questionnaire. Results showed that the HHIA-S Nepali version has a Cronbach's alpha score of 0.94 for normal hearing group and 0.93 for hearing impaired group, which is considered good reliability. The HHIA-S Nepali version developed in this study is found to be valid and reliable. Hence, it can be used as a screening tool for assessing hearing handicap among Nepali population.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-022-03082-5.
成人听力障碍筛查量表（HHIA-S）是在短时间内评估成年人群听力障碍时广泛使用的问卷之一。该问卷已在全球多种语言中进行了翻译，包括印地语、瑞典语和西班牙语。然而，尼泊尔语中缺乏这样的问卷。因此，本研究旨在开发并标准化尼泊尔语版的HHIA-S问卷。采用翻译-回译法将HHIA-S的英文版翻译成尼泊尔语。此外，将其交给10名尼泊尔语母语者进行内容验证。最终的尼泊尔语版HHIA-S随后施用于70名听力正常的尼泊尔语母语者和50名听力受损的尼泊尔语使用者。对回答进行分析，并计算克朗巴哈系数以测量问卷的内部一致性。结果表明，尼泊尔语版HHIA-S在听力正常组的克朗巴哈系数得分为0.94，在听力受损组为0.93，这被认为具有良好的信度。本研究中开发的尼泊尔语版HHIA-S被发现是有效且可靠的。因此，它可以用作评估尼泊尔人群听力障碍的筛查工具。
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