Validation of an Arabic Listening Inventory for the Education of Deaf Children in Egypt

Autor/inn/en	Afsah, Omayma; Elawady, Sara; Elshawaf, Wessam; Abou-Elsaad, Tamer
Titel	Validation of an Arabic Listening Inventory for the Education of Deaf Children in Egypt
Quelle	In: Deafness & Education International, 24 (2022) 2, S.179-196 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1464-3154
DOI	10.1080/14643154.2021.1904545
Schlagwörter	Deafness; Hearing Impairments; Students with Disabilities; Listening Skills; Arabic; Children; Preadolescents; Assistive Technology; Severity (of Disability); Speech Therapy; Predictor Variables; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Egypt; Preschool Language Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Arabisch; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Schweregrad; Entwicklungsproximale Sprachtherapie; Logotherapie; Prädiktor; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Ausland; Ägypten
Abstract	The academic achievement of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students depends on the interaction of many factors, including student and family characteristics and experiences inside and outside school. Several questionnaires have previously been designed for evaluating the listening skills of deaf English-speaking children in school environments. This study's objective was to validate an Arabic questionnaire to evaluate deaf Egyptian Arabic-speaking children's listening skills. The Arabic questionnaire for listening skills in the school environment was adapted by translating items from an English questionnaire into Arabic. The questionnaire was administered to 70 Arabic-speaking Egyptian children 7-12 years, including 30 children with typical hearing, 30 deaf children fitted with hearing aids, and ten deaf children with cochlear implants. Typical hearing children demonstrated the best performance with a non-significant difference between children who use cochlear implants and hearing aids. The degree of hearing loss and language therapy duration were the best predictors of deaf Egyptian children's listening skills. The adapted Arabic questionnaire is a valid and reliable functional assessment tool that can be used to evaluate and monitor Arabic-speaking deaf students' listening skills in the school environment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01