%0 Journal Article %T Development and Validation of a Persian Version of Dichotic Emotional Word Test %J Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology %I Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS) %Z 2251-7251 %A Davudazde, Atefe %A Shaibanizadeh, Abdolreza %A Jafari, Zahra %A Fahimnia, Frazin %A Haghani, Masoud %D 2016 %\ 03/01/2016 %V 28 %N 2 %P 113-119 %! Development and Validation of a Persian Version of Dichotic Emotional Word Test %K Dichotic Listening Test %K Emotional Aspects %K Right Hemisphere %K Cerebral Dominance %R 10.22038/ijorl.2016.6537 %X Introduction: Emotional words in comparison with neutral words have different hemispheric specialization. It is assumed that the right hemisphere has a role in processing every kind of emotional word. The objective of the present study was the development of a Persian version of the dichotic emotional word test and evaluate its validation among adult Persian speakers.   Materials and Methods: The present study was done on 60 adults, with the age ranging from 18-30 years for both genders, who had no history of neurological disorders with normal hearing. The developed test included eight main lists; each had several dichotic emotional/ neutral pairs of words. Participants were asked to recall as many words in each list as they could after they listened to them. A content validity index was used to analyze the validity of the test.   Results: The mean content validity index score was 0.94. The findings showed that in the left ear, emotional words were remembered more than neutral ones (P=0.007). While in the right ear, neutral words were remembered more (P=0.009). There were no significant differences in male and female scores.   Conclusion:  Dichotic emotional word test has a high content validity. The ability to remember emotional words better in the left ear supports the dominant role of the right hemisphere in emotional word perception. %U https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_6537_3161ef5d799f9bc9762d9c9cd8ce3de0.pdf