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ReviewBrazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

Vestibular assessment in children aged zero to twelve years: an integrative review.

Danielle Samara Bandeira Duarte, Anna Marial de Lira Cabral, Diana Babini Lapa de Albuquerque Britto

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In one paragraph

Review in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07578909 (Comparative Effects of Retro Walking With and Without Bosu Ball on Balance and Mobility in Children With Hearing Impairment), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07578909 narecruitingnot on this map

Comparative Effects of Retro Walking With and Without Bosu Ball on Balance and Mobility in Children With Hearing Impairment

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2026 to 2026Enrolled24ConditionsHearing Impaired ChildrenArmsRetro walking, Bosu Ball
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Investigation of Vestibular Dysfunction Requires Renewed Research Enthusiasm.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2026
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  3. 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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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Danielle Samara Bandeira DuarteUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil. Electronic address: daniellesamaraduarte@hotmail.com.
Anna Marial de Lira CabralUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Curso de Fonoaudiologia, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Diana Babini Lapa de Albuquerque BrittoUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe the main vestibular assessment tests performed in children aged zero to twelve years and the main causes of referral for vestibular assessment.

methodsThe review was guided by the following question: What are the main vestibular assessment tests performed in children aged zero to twelve years and the main causes of referral for vestibular assessment? The PVO strategy was used, being defined as: Population (P) - newborns and children; study Variable (V) - causes of referral for vestibular assessment; study Outcome (O): the main vestibular assessment tests and the main findings. This study was carried out using the main available databases in the months of July, August and September 2021, with no restrictions regarding language and publication date, namely: PubMed, Web of Science, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin-American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library and Embase. The descriptors were obtained from the MeSH database: newborn, infant, child, children, vestibular screening, vestibular infant screening, vestibular newborn screening, test, vestibular function, vestibular function test.

resultsA total of 7,078 studies were identified. After reading the titles and abstracts, 107 of them were selected, with 101 remaining after the exclusion of duplicates. After the full-text reading, 31 articles were included. It was observed that the most frequently used tests were: rotational tests, caloric stimulation and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential and the main causes of referral for vestibular evaluation were hearing loss and vestibular screening.

conclusionThe main tests for vestibular screening and/or assessment of children aged zero to twelve years are the rotary chair testing, caloric stimulation and cervical-vestibular evoked myogenic potential. Consequently, performing these procedures is extremely important, since the presence of vestibular dysfunction is quite common in the studied population.

Indexed as

DeafnessVestibular Evoked Myogenic PotentialsVestibule, LabyrinthChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantInfant, NewbornVestibular Function TestsChildrenInfantsVertigoVestibular alterationsVestibular evaluation

Identifiers

PMID36347786
PMCPMC9761112
OpenAlexW4306177043

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