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Vestibular, Visual Acuity, and Balance Outcomes in Children With Cochlear Implants: A Preliminary Report.

Kristen L Janky, Diane Givens

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Article in Ear and hearing. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05414903 (Reading Outcomes in Children With Vestibular Loss), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05414903 narecruitingnot on this map

Reading Outcomes in Children With Vestibular Loss

TypeinterventionalSponsorFather Flanagan's Boys' HomeRan2022 to 2026Enrolled90ConditionsVestibular Disorder, Hearing Loss, SensorineuralArmsDynamic Visual Acuity, Reading Outcomes, Static Visual Acuity
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kristen L Janky1Department of Audiology, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, USA; and 2Physical Therapy-Vestibular Rehabilitation, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Diane Givens
Boys Town National Research Hospital · US

Funding

The Impact of Mild Hearing Loss on Auditory Perception in Complex EnvironmentsP20GM109023 · NIGMS · FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME · PI AUBUCHON, ANGELA MARIE · 2014 to 2023
$23.4M
Research Synergy CoreP30DC004662 · NIDCD · FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME · PI GORGA, MICHAEL P. · 2001 to 2015
$5.9M
NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC004662NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThere is a high incidence of vestibular loss in children with cochlear implants (CCI). However, the relationship between vestibular loss and various outcomes is unknown in children. The objectives of this study are to (1) determine whether age-related changes in peripheral vestibular tests occur; (2) quantify peripheral vestibular function in children with normal hearing and CCI; and (3) determine whether amount of vestibular loss predicts visual acuity and balance performance.

designEleven CCI and 12 children with normal hearing completed the following tests of vestibular function: ocular and cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential to assess utricle and saccule function and the video head impulse test to assess semicircular canal function. The relationship between amount of vestibular loss and the following balance and visual acuity outcomes was assessed: dynamic gait index, single-leg stance, the sensory organization test, and tests of visual acuity, including dynamic visual acuity and the gaze stabilization test.

results(1) There were no significant age-related changes in peripheral vestibular testing with the exception of the n23 cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential latency, which was moderately correlated with age. (2) CCI had significantly higher rates of vestibular loss for each test of canal and otolith function. (3) Amount of vestibular loss predicted performance on single-leg stance, the dynamic gait index, some conditions of the sensory organization test, and the dynamic visual acuity test. Age was also a contributing factor for predicting the performance of almost all outcomes.

conclusionsPreliminarily, children with vestibular loss do not recover naturally to levels of their healthy peers, particularly with activities that utilize vestibular input; they have poorer visual acuity and balance function.

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Cochlear ImplantationAdolescentCase-Control StudiesChildCochlear ImplantsDeafnessFemaleGaitHumansMaleOtolithic MembranePostural BalanceSaccule and UtricleSemicircular CanalsVestibular DiseasesVestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials

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PMID26182202
PMCPMC5113611
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