ERIC Number: EJ890961
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jun
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0094-730X
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Investigation of the Reliability of the SSI-3 for Preschool Persian-Speaking Children Who Stutter
Bakhtiar, Mehdi; Seifpanahi, Sadegh; Ansari, Hossein; Ghanadzade, Mehdi; Packman, Ann
Journal of Fluency Disorders, v35 n2 p87-91 Jun 2010
There is a pressing need in Iran for the translation of widely used speech-language assessment tools into Persian. This study reports the interjudge and intrajudge reliability of a Persian translation of the Stuttering Severity Instrument-3 (SSI-3) (Riley, 1994). There was greater than 80% interjudge and intrajudge agreement on scale scores for Frequency and Duration, 54% interjudge and 62.2% intrajudge agreement for "Physical Concomitants" and greater than 80% interjudge and intrajudge agreement for the Overall score. In conclusion, although percentage agreement for Physical Concomitant Behaviors was low, the Persian translation of SSI-3 shows otherwise acceptable interjudge and intrajudge reliability when performed under ideal conditions. Educational objectives: The reader of this article will be able to: (1) explain the process of test translation from the original language to another language; (2) summarize the process of determining interjudge and intrajudge reliability of the SSI-3 in preschoolers. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Speech Evaluation, Translation, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Preschool Children, Reliability, Speech Impairments, Stuttering
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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