Vestibular Infant Screening (VIS)-Flanders : results after 1.5 years of vestibular screening in hearing-impaired children

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... Mehr ...

Verfasser: 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
Oz, Okan
Declau, Frank
Devroede, Benoit
Verhoye, Christoph
Maes, Leen
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Schlagwörter: Engineering sciences. Technology
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29057320
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Link(s) : https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1765910151162165141

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