Objectives: To develop and establish norms of Arabic Words in Noise test in Egyptian children.
Method: Total number of participants was 152 with normal hearing and ranging in age from 5 to 12 years. They are subdivided into two main groups (standardization group) which comprised 120 children with normal scholastic achievement and (application group) which comprised 32 children with different types of central auditory processing disorders. Arabic version of both Speech perception in noise (SPIN) and Words in Noise (WIN) tests were presented in each ear at zero signal to-noise ratio (SNR) using ipsilateral Cafeteria noise fixed at 50 dB sensation level (dBSL).
Results: The least performance in WIN test occurred between 5 and 7 years and highest scores from 9 to 12 years. However, no statistically significant difference was found among the three standardization age groups. Moreover, no statistically significant difference was found between the right and left ears scores or among the three lists. When the WIN test was compared to SPIN test in children with and without abnormal SPIN scores it showed highly consistent results except in children suffering from memory deficit reflecting that WIN test is more accurate than SPIN in this group of children.
Conclusions: The Arabic WIN test can be used in children as young as 5 years. Also, it can be a good cross check test with SPIN test or used to follow up children after rehabilitation program in hearing impaired children or follow up after central auditory remediation of children with selective auditory attention deficit.
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