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ArticleIndian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India2021

Balance Assessment of Children with Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Kumari Apeksha, Sanjana Singh, Monica Rathnamala, S Varalakshmi, D J Preethu, V Kavya, D S Sowndarya, S Arpitha, K Milana, S Navya and 1 more

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Article in Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
  2. Clinical consensus on vestibular infant screening.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  5. The Effect of Somatosensorial System on Vestibular System.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kumari ApekshaDepartment of Speech and Hearing, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2067-4208
Sanjana SinghDepartment of Speech and Hearing, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.
Monica RathnamalaDepartment of Speech and Hearing, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.
S VaralakshmiJSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.
D J PreethuJSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.
V KavyaJSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.
D S SowndaryaJSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.
S ArpithaJSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.
K MilanaJSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.
S NavyaJSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.
M Analey ThejasviJSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysore, India.
Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the balance function in children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) using different tests to assess vestibulospinal pathway and tests to assess vestibular system and to compare the result obtained with those of children with normal hearing sensitivity. Detailed balance assessment was done for 15 children with severe to profound SNHL and 15 children with normal hearing sensitivity in the age range of 6-10 years. The audiological evaluation included pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, immittance evaluation, otoacoustic emission, vestibular evoked myogenic potential (cervical VEMP and ocular VEMP), and tests to assess vestibulospinal pathway and cerebellar function, such as Romberg test, Fukuda stepping test, Tandem gait test, and Finger-to-nose test. cVEMP and oVEMP were absent in 8 ears (27%) of a total of 30 ears with SNHL. Statistical analysis shows no significant difference between latency and amplitude of cVEMP peaks and latency of oVEMP peaks across groups. Significant reduction of oVEMP peaks amplitude was seen in children with SNHL compared to children with normal hearing. Fukuda stepping test showed an abnormal response in 2 children with SNHL (13%) and one child could not perform tandem gait test (7%). Children with SNHL showed an evident abnormality on the balance assessment test results. The abnormal function of the vestibular system and the vestibulospinal pathway can compromise the child's motor development and thus needs investigation early in life.

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Finger-to-nose testFukuda stepping testSensorineural hearing lossTandem gait testVestibular evoked myogenic potential

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PMID33643879
PMCPMC7881998
OpenAlexW3004342864

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