Audiol. 2013;22(1):85-94. Corresponding author : Department of Basic Sciences in Rehabilitation, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Nezam Alley, Shahid Shahnazari St., Madar Square, Mirdamad Blvd., Tehran, 15459-13487, Iran. Tel: 009821-22228051-2, E-mail: z_jafari@tums.ac.ir Research Article A Persian version of the sustained auditory attention capacity test and its results in normal children Sanaz Soltanparast 1 , Zahra Jafari 2 , Seyed Jalal Sameni 1 , Masoud Salehi 3 1 - Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran 2 - Department of Basic Sciences in Rehabilitation, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran 3 - Department of Statistics and Mathematics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran Received: 24 June 2012, accepted: 13 August 2012 Abstract Background and Aim: Sustained attention refers to the ability to maintain attention in target stimuli over a sustained period of time. This study was conducted to develop a Persian version of the sustained auditory attention capacity test and to study its results in normal children. Methods: To develop the Persian version of the sustained auditory attention capacity test, like the original version, speech stimuli were used. The speech stimuli consisted of one hundred monosyllabic words consisting of a 20 times random of and repetition of the words of a 21-word list of monosyllabic words, which were randomly grouped together. The test was carried out at comfortable hearing level using binaural, and diotic presentation modes on 46 normal children of 7 to 11 years of age of both gender. Results: There was a significant difference between age, and an average of impulsiveness error score (p=0.004) and total score of sustained auditory attention capacity test (p=0.005). No significant difference was revealed between age, and an average of inattention error score and attention reduction span index. Gender did not have a significant impact on various indicators of the test. Conclusion: The results of this test on a group of normal hearing children confirmed its ability to measure sustained auditory attention capacity through speech stimuli. Keywords: Sustained auditory attention, impulsiveness error, inattention error, speech stimulus, children [ Downloaded from aud.tums.ac.ir on 2023-11-09 ] 1 / 10