نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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1 کمیته پژوهشی دانشجویان. دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد شنواییشناسی، گروه شنواییشناسی، دانشکده علوم توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران
2 دکترای شنوایی شناسی، استادیار گروه شنوایی شناسی، دانشکده علوم توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران
3 کارشناس ارشد آمار زیستی، گروه علوم پایه، دانشکده علوم توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران
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Background and Aims: Persian Pediatric Competing Words (PPCW) and Persian Randomized Dichotic Digit (PRDD) tests were previously developed and adapted for use in Persian language. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of age on the results of these tests in children.
Materials and Methods: The current observational and descriptive-analytic study was performed on 241 schoolchildren, including 122 (50.6%) male and 119 (49.4%) female children with an age range of 6 to 12 years. All children had a hearing level of 15 dB HL or lower in frequencies of 250-8000 Hz. Inter-aural hearing threshold asymmetry was less than 10 dB. Children’s handedness was determined using Chapman and Chapman handedness questionnaire. Ear advantage was calculated in two methods: right ear advantage and dominant ear advantage. The effect of age, gender, and handedness on the ear advantage was investigated.
Results: The results showed that as the children's age increased from 6 to 12 years, the ear scores for both of the tests increased. In general, the dominant ear advantage for the both tests was significantly greater than that for the right ear advantage. Also, it was found that the mean of the right ear advantage for both of the test was not significantly different between males and females and between right-handed and left-handed children.
Conclusion: The ear scores of PRDD and PPCW tests increased with age independent of the effect of gender and handedness of 6-12 year-old children. Dominant ear advantage is a more conservative method for reporting ear advantage.
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