title: Validation and evaluation of the Dutch translation of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering for School-age children (OASES-S-D).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Stuttering can have a negative impact on many aspects of a speaker's life. Comprehensive assessment must therefore examine a range of experiences in order to reflect the overall impact of the disorder.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluated the Dutch translation of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering--School-age (OASES-S; Yaruss & Quesal, 2010), which examines the impact of stuttering on the lives of children ages 7-12.
  
  
  METHODS
  The OASES-S was translated to Dutch (OASES-S-D) using a forward/backward translation process. Participants were 101 Dutch-speaking children who stutter (ages 7-12) who were recruited by speech-language therapists throughout the Netherlands. All participants completed the OASES-S-D, the Children's Attitudes about Talking-Dutch, a self-assessment of severity, a clinical assessment of severity, and a speech satisfaction rating. A control group of 51 children who do not stutter also completed the OASES-S-D to determine whether the tool could differentiate between children who stutter and children who do not stutter.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All sections of the OASES-S-D except section I surpassed a Cronbach's alpha of 0.70, indicating good internal consistency and reliability. Comparisons between the OASES-S-D and other tools revealed moderate to high associations. The OASES-S-D was able to discriminate between children who stutter and children who do not stutter and between participants with different levels of stuttering severity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The OASES-S-D appears to be a reliable and valid measure that can be used to assess the impact of stuttering on 7- to 12-year old Dutch-speaking children who stutter.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The reader will be able to: (a) describe the purpose of the OASES-S-D measurement tool; (b) summarize the translation process used in creating the OASES-S-D; (c) summarize the aspects of stuttering measured in the different sections of the OASES-S-D; (d) describe with what measurement tools the validity of the OASES-S-D was investigated; and (e) describe the differences between the American-English version and Dutch translation of the OASES-S.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus University Medical Center, Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Speech and Hearing Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Romy S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Lankman
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, 4033 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
authors.forename: J Scott
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yaruss
authors.affiliation: Erasmus University Medical Center, Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Speech and Hearing Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: m.franken@erasmusmc.nl.
authors.forename: Marie-Christine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Franken
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013060:Speech; D013342:Stuttering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating
keywords: Dutch; OASES-S; School-age children; Stuttering; Validation