title: Validation of the Hearing Implant Sound Quality Index (HISQUI19) to assess Spanish-speaking cochlear implant users' auditory abilities in everyday communication situations.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  The Spanish-language HISQUI19 is a reliable and easy-to-use tool for quantifying the self-perceived level of auditory benefit that cochlear implant (CI) users experience in everyday listening situations.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To validate the Spanish-language version of The Hearing Implant Sound Quality Index (HISQUI19), a questionnaire for quantifying the self-perceived level of auditory benefit that CI users experience in everyday listening situations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adult Spanish-speaking subjects with a CI were asked to complete a Spanish-language version of the HISQUI19. Reliability of the questionnaire was determined using Cronbach's α coefficient; exploratory factor analyses with a rotated (varimax) factor solution was applied to check construct validity; external validity was confirmed using Pearson's correlation. Test-re-test analysis was also performed. The MED-EL Assessment Database was used to assist in the administration, reporting, and data collection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-six of 77 subjects completed and returned the HISQUI19. The mean score auditory ability score (mean ± standard deviation) of the HISQUI19 was 79.9 ± 24.0, a 'moderate' auditory benefit. An inverse relationship was found between the HISQUI19 score and age at implantation. Gender and side of implantation did not influence self-perceived functioning. The objective measures (disyllables tested without lip-reading and in quiet) were correlated with the Total Score.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology , La Paz University Hospital, IdiPAZ Research Institute , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Miryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calvino
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology , La Paz University Hospital, IdiPAZ Research Institute , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gavilán
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology , La Paz University Hospital, IdiPAZ Research Institute , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Cuadrado
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology , La Paz University Hospital, IdiPAZ Research Institute , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pérez-Mora
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology , La Paz University Hospital, IdiPAZ Research Institute , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology , La Paz University Hospital, IdiPAZ Research Institute , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lassaletta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cochlear implant; HISQUI19; Spanish; adults; auditory ability; speech perception