Validation of a Moroccan Arabic Version of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-M)

Objective: Cultural adaptation of the tinnitus handicap inventory questionnaire to the Moroccan dialect version. Method: We conducted a prospective study over a 3 years period (January 2017–January 2020) in the Otolaryngology Department of Casablanca University hospital. Translation was produced by a forward–backward procedure with analysis of the psychometric properties of the Moroccan version of the tinnitus handicap inventory. Results: The final Moroccan version of Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) was given to 83 otosclerosis patients suffering from tinnitus. They filled the questionnaire twice before surgery and 1 year after surgery. The item-total correlations are all statistically significant (p 
Source: Otology and Neurotology - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: AUDIOLOGY Source Type: research