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- Title
Vestibular Infant Screening (VIS)–Flanders: results after 1.5 years of vestibular screening in hearing-impaired children.
- Authors
Martens, Sarie; Dhooge, Ingeborg; Dhondt, Cleo; Vanaudenaerde, Saartje; Sucaet, Marieke; Rombaut, Lotte; Boudewyns, An; Desloovere, Christian; Janssens de Varebeke, Sebastien; Vinck, Anne-Sophie; Vanspauwen, Robby; Verschueren, Dominique; Foulon, Ina; Staelens, Charlotte; Van den Broeck, Karen; De Valck, Claudia; Deggouj, Naima; Lemkens, Nele; Haverbeke, Lisa; De Bock, Mieke
- Abstract
Due to the close anatomical relationship between the auditory and vestibular end organs, hearing-impaired children have a higher risk for vestibular dysfunction, which can affect their (motor) development. Unfortunately, vestibular dysfunction often goes unnoticed, as vestibular assessment in these children is not standard of care nowadays. To timely detect vestibular dysfunction, the Vestibular Infant Screening–Flanders (VIS–Flanders) project has implemented a basic vestibular screening test for hearing-impaired infants in Flanders (Belgium) with a participation rate of 86.7% during the first year and a half. The cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (cVEMP) test was applied as vestibular screening tool to map the occurrence of vestibular (mainly saccular) dysfunction in this population. At the age of 6 months, 184 infants were screened. No refers on vestibular screening were observed in infants with permanent conductive hearing loss. In infants with permanent sensorineural hearing loss, a cVEMP refer rate of 9.5% was observed. Failure was significantly more common in infants with severe-profound compared to those with mild-moderate sensorineural hearing loss (risk ratio = 9.8). Since this is the first regional study with a large sample size and successful participation rate, the VIS–Flanders project aims to set an example for other regions worldwide.
- Subjects
FLANDERS; DEAF children; VESTIBULAR apparatus diseases; EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology); SENSORINEURAL hearing loss
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-020-78049-z