| Sumario: | Rationale The purpose of this study was to develop and assess the psychometric properties of the Hindi Test of Speech Perception (HTSP), which is intended for use with children with hearing impairment. Methods The HTSP test was administered to 43 Hindispeaking children, aged 6-8 years, with severe-toprofound hearing loss. Twenty-two were bilateral hearing aid users and 21 were unilateral cochlear implant users. Test stimuli included a total of 78 words that could be displayed as pictures. Pictorial representations of the words were distributed (2 picture plates each) across 3 subtests to assess pattern perception, bi-syllabic word identification, and monosyllabic word identification. Results The children who wore a cochlear implant performed significantly better than the children who wore bilateral hearing aids. The HTSP demonstrated high test-retest reliability, item reliability and splithalf reliability. Conclusion Both the stimuli and task demands were deemed appropriate for testing speech perception of children with hearing impairment who are native speakers of the Hindi language.
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