Author/Authors :
Shahmir، Batool نويسنده Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran , , Hajiabolhassan، Fahimeh نويسنده Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran , , Mohammad khani، Ghasem نويسنده Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran , , Tahaei، Seyyed Ali Akbar نويسنده Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , , Jalaie، Shohreh نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Background and Aim: The double dichotic digit test (DDT) is a simple test for assessing and screening auditory processing system. The purpose of this study was to develope a double DDT, in Persian language and find its basic norm values in girls aged 7 to 11 years.
Methods: The Persian version of double DDT is composed of 3 different 25 numerical lists. Numbers in each list were recorded dichotically. The present cross?sectional study was performed on 200 girls aged 7 to 11 years. Test-retest reliability was assessed in 30 of the study subjects.
Results: The mean scores of the right and left ears in the free recall condition increased from 92.33 and 86 percent in 7 year olds to 99.75 and 98.16 percent in 11 year olds and in the directed condition from 95 and 88.80 percent in 7 year olds to 100 and 98.41 percent in 11 year olds. In the free recall condition the right ear advantage value decreased from 6.33 percent in 7 year olds to 1.58 percent in 11 year olds, respectively and in directed recall condition, decreased from 6.91 percent in 7 year olds to 1.59 percent in 11 year olds. The test has as high consistency reliability (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: According to results of the present study, the Persian version of the double DDT has suitable reliability for assessing the central auditory processing system in 7 to 11 year old girls.
