Dr Hashir Aazh interviews Professor Hannah Keppler from Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium about her upcoming presentation at the 6th International Conference on Hyperacusis and Misophonia which is planned for Friday-Saturday 1-2 July 2022 at Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom. Professor Keppler and her team translated a new Hyperacusis Impact Questionnaire (HIQ) in Dutch and assessed its validity and reliability. Their results suggest that a single factor model with excellent Cronbach’s alpha was determined for the Dutch version of HIQ. There was no significant difference in total score of the Dutch version of the HIQ between test and retest, with an acceptable intraclass correlation coefficient. In addition, there was a significant difference in total score of the Dutch version of the HIQ between the group with and without hyperacusis, indicating good discriminability. Finally, a significant, strong correlation was found between the total scores of the Dutch versions of the HIQ and HQ, implying convergent validity.
