ABSTRACT

Background: Deafness is the most common sensory impairment in human beings, with significant social and psychological implications. Several questionnaires were designed to evaluate the social and emotional abilities of English-speaking deaf children. This study's objective was to create Arabic questionnaires to assess the social abilities of Arabic-speaking Egyptian deaf children. Methods: Two Arabic questionnaires targeting social abilities were designed by selecting items from two English-based questionnaires and translating them into Arabic. The questionnaires were administered to 140 Egyptian children aged 3–12 years who were arranged into two age groups. They included 60 children with typical hearing, 60 deaf children fitted with hearing aids, and 20 children with cochlear implants. Results: Children with typical hearing showed the best performance with non-significant differences between cochlear implanted and hearing aided children. The best predictors of the social abilities of Egyptian deaf children were language age and severity of hearing loss. Conclusion: The designed Arabic questionnaires are valid and reliable functional assessment tools that can be used to evaluate and monitor the social performance of deaf children.

摘要

背景：耳聋是人类最常见的感觉障碍，具有重要的社会和心理影响。设计了几份问卷来评估讲英语的聋哑儿童的社交和情感能力。本研究的目的是制作阿拉伯语问卷，以评估讲阿拉伯语的埃及聋哑儿童的社交能力。方法：通过从两份英文问卷中选择项目并将其翻译成阿拉伯语，设计了两份针对社交能力的阿拉伯语问卷。问卷调查了 140 名 3-12 岁的埃及儿童，他们被分为两个年龄组。他们包括 60 名具有典型听力的儿童、60 名配备助听器的聋儿童和 20 名植入人工耳蜗的儿童。结果：具有典型听力的儿童表现最好，人工耳蜗植入儿童和助听儿童之间没有显着差异。埃及聋童社交能力的最佳预测指标是语言年龄和听力损失的严重程度。结论：设计的阿拉伯语问卷是有效和可靠的功能评估工具，可用于评估和监测聋儿的社会表现。