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Self-report questionnaires have been suggested as valuable assessment
tools in audiology, especially when investigating the effect of hearing
impairment on the everyday lives of adults. Many self-report questionnaires have
been developed for English-speaking populations; however, there is a lack of this
type of questionnaire for Spanish-speaking patients. The aim of the present
research was to adapt the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and
Handicap (AIADH) into Spanish. METHODS: The AIADH consists of 30 questions that
deal with real-life listening situations. Each question is accompanied by a
picture representing the situation being addressed. Six Spanish-English bilingual
speakers and one Spanish-English bilingual speaker participated in the
translations and back translations of the English version of the AIADH. Once the
adaptation was finalized, 189 normal-hearing and hearing-impaired
Spanish-speaking participants completed the Spanish version of the AIADH
(S-AIADH). RESULTS: Statistical analysis showed a high Cronbach's alpha
coefficient, indicating good internal reliability. Test-retest scores were highly
correlated. Also, the S-AIADH showed good criterion validity. Statistically
significant differences for all questionnaire item responses were observed
between normal-hearing and hearing-impaired respondents. CONCLUSIONS: The AIADH
has been adapted into Spanish. Normative data in percentiles have been obtained
for clinical use with Spanish-speaking populations, to explore self-reported
performance for the hearing functions proposed by the ICF. [Box: see text].

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