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ArticleBMC pediatrics2025

Design and development of a speech recognition test: a study of typically-developing Persian-speaking children.

Hoogol Nozari, Sima Tajik, Akram Ahmadi, Michelle Pascoe, Fereshteh Bagheri

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Hoogol NozariMobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Sima TajikMobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran. sima.tajik@yahoo.com.
Akram AhmadiMobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran. slp347@gmail.com.
Michelle PascoeDivision of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Groote Schuur Hospital Observatory, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa.
Fereshteh BagheriMobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Babol University of Medical Sciences 724135302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe designed and validated a speech recognition test for Persian-speaking children aged 36-71 months.

methodsThis project was a cross-sectional and methodological study. Different steps of test development, encompassing item generation, content validity, construct validity, and reliability, were used to develop the scale.

resultsThe percentages of agreement among the experts' answers concerning test characteristics were all greater than 88%. After this phase, 20 items were removed. In the second phase of content validity, 18 additional pictures were suggested to be removed by the experts. Finally, a test with 162 pictures was developed among which 120 corresponding words were presented orally (the remaining pictures were distractors). The Persian speech recognition test revealed an age difference in speech recognition for both ears (p-value < 0.001, df = 5). There was no significant association between sex and total score on the Persian speech recognition test for right ear (U = 3063, p-value = 0.092) and left ear (U = 3009, p-value = 0.063). Test-retest values were excellent for both ears (right ear: r = 0.97, left ear: r = 0.98), p-value < 0.001).

conclusionsGiven the findings in typically developing (TD) children, the Persian speech recognition test is valid and reliable. However, future studies are highly recommended to apply this test in hearing-impaired children.

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Audiometry, SpeechMiddle Eastern PeopleChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleReproducibility of ResultsSpeech-Language PathologySpeech PerceptionIdentificationPersianRecognitionReliabilitySpeech discrimination testValidity

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PMCPMC12374343

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