Translation and Adaptation of Five English Language Self-Report Health Measures to South Indian Kannada Language

Thammaiah, Spoorthi; Manchaiah, Vinaya; Easwar, Vijayalakshmi; Krishna, Rajalakshmi

doi:10.4081/audiores.2016.153

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Translation and Adaptation of Five English Language Self-Report Health Measures to South Indian Kannada Language

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Spoorthi Thammaiah

^1,2,*,

Vinaya Manchaiah

^1,2,3,

Vijayalakshmi Easwar

^2,4 and

Rajalakshmi Krishna

^2,5

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Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA

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Audiology India, Mysore, Karnataka, India

³

The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Department of Behavioral Science and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

⁴

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

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All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, University of Mysore, Mysore, India

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Audiol. Res. 2016, 6(1), 153; https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.153

Submission received: 8 March 2016 / Revised: 13 April 2016 / Accepted: 29 April 2016 / Published: 23 June 2016

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to translate and adapt five English self-report health measures to a South Indian language Kannada. Currently, no systematically developed questionnaires assessing hearing rehabilitation outcomes are available for clinical or research use in Kannada. The questionnaires included for translation and adaptation were the hearing handicap questionnaire, the international outcome inventory - hearing aids, the self-assessment of communication, the participation scale, and the assessment of quality of life – 4 dimensions. The questionnaires were translated and adapted using the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) guidelines. The five stages followed in the study included: i) forward translation; ii) common translation synthesis; iii) backward translation; iv) expert committee review; v) pre-final testing. In this paper, in addition to a description of the process, we also highlight practical issues faced while adopting the procedure with an aim to help readers better understand the intricacies involved in such processes. This can be helpful to researchers and clinicians who are keen to adapt standard self-report questionnaires from other languages to their native language.

Keywords: Translation; adaptation; hearing loss; hearing aids; self-report measures

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Thammaiah, S.; Manchaiah, V.; Easwar, V.; Krishna, R. Translation and Adaptation of Five English Language Self-Report Health Measures to South Indian Kannada Language. Audiol. Res. 2016, 6, 153. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.153

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Thammaiah S, Manchaiah V, Easwar V, Krishna R. Translation and Adaptation of Five English Language Self-Report Health Measures to South Indian Kannada Language. Audiology Research. 2016; 6(1):153. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.153

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Thammaiah, Spoorthi, Vinaya Manchaiah, Vijayalakshmi Easwar, and Rajalakshmi Krishna. 2016. "Translation and Adaptation of Five English Language Self-Report Health Measures to South Indian Kannada Language" Audiology Research 6, no. 1: 153. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.153

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Thammaiah, S., Manchaiah, V., Easwar, V., & Krishna, R. (2016). Translation and Adaptation of Five English Language Self-Report Health Measures to South Indian Kannada Language. Audiology Research, 6(1), 153. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.153

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