In Brief:
The objective of this work was to validate a French-language version of the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (SHQ), including investigating its internal structure using cluster analysis and exploring its construct validity on a large population of hearing-impaired and normal-hearing subjects, and to compare the SHQ with the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) in the same population. The SHQ showed good conceptual equivalence across languages, suggesting its potential utility for non-cochlear-implanted hearing-impaired patients and in international settings. SHQ and SSQ scores showed remarkable similarities, suggesting the possibility of extrapolating results from one questionnaire to the other.
