• Turk J Med Sci · Jun 2020

    VALIDATING THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE WEINSTEIN NOISE SENSITIVITY SCALE: EFFECTS OF AGE, SEX AND EDUCATION LEVEL.

    • Melis Keskin Yildiz, Yusuf Kemal Kemaloğlu, Yetkin Tuaç, Güven Mengü, Recep Karamert, and Çağil Gökdoğan.
    • Department of Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
    • Turk J Med Sci. 2020 Jun 23; 50 (4): 894-901.

    Background/AimSubjective noise sensitivity (SNS) is not only one of the most important predictors of perceived noise annoyance for the subjects exposed to the noise, but also strongly related with some psychological conditions and poor health perception of the subjects. Weinstein’s Noise Sensitivity Scale (WNSS) is widely used for measuring of SNS.Materials And MethodsIn this study we adapted WNSS to Turkish (Tr-WNSS) and evaluated its psychometric properties and effect of age, sex and education level on SNS.ResultsThe study included 105 males and 105 female subjects between 18 and 55 years of age.ConclusionOur data demonstrated that Tr-WNSS was a reliable, valid, and invariant scale for the Turkish population, and not affected by sex, age and education level.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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