Praveena J, Selvarajan G, Savitha V H, Aravind Kumar R, Heramba Ganapathy S
Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRM Institute of Science of Technology, Kattankulathur, Potheri, Tamil Nadu 603203 India.
Department of ENT, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRM Institute of Science of Technology, Kattankulathur, Potheri, Tamil Nadu 603203 India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Oct;76(5):4442-4447. doi: 10.1007/s12070-024-04882-7. Epub 2024 Jul 30.
The objective of this study is to develop and validate the Binaural Fusion Test (BFT) in the Tamil language for children with learning disability. As many children with learning disability exhibit an auditory processing deficit there is a need for language specific assessment tool for these children. The BFT in Tamil comprises 100 words organized into four lists, with each list containing 25 words. A total of 84 children with normal auditory processing and 45 children diagnosed with learning difficulties were administrated the BFT in Tamil. Test-retest reliability was evaluated in a sample of 30 children who exhibited normal auditory processing. The results of BFT in children with normal auditory processing demonstrated satisfactory reliability by the Cronbach Alpha test. A statistically significant difference was seen in the mean scores of BFT in Tamil when comparing the groups. The present study offers novel normative data for the binaural fusion test in Tamil, which has not been previously documented in the existing literature. For children, the BFT in Tamil, which is a part of the CAPD test battery, can be used to find binaural interaction deficiencies.
本研究的目的是开发并验证泰米尔语版的双耳融合测试（BFT），用于学习障碍儿童。由于许多学习障碍儿童存在听觉处理缺陷，因此需要针对这些儿童的特定语言评估工具。泰米尔语版的BFT由100个单词组成，分为四个列表，每个列表包含25个单词。共有84名听觉处理正常的儿童和45名被诊断为学习困难的儿童接受了泰米尔语版的BFT测试。在30名听觉处理正常的儿童样本中评估了重测信度。通过克朗巴哈α检验，听觉处理正常儿童的BFT结果显示出令人满意的信度。比较两组时，泰米尔语版BFT的平均得分存在统计学显著差异。本研究提供了泰米尔语版双耳融合测试的新常模数据，现有文献中此前未有记载。对于儿童而言，作为中枢听觉处理障碍测试组合一部分的泰米尔语版BFT，可用于发现双耳交互缺陷。
