The objective of this study is to identify possible preoperative risk factors including genetic background and to suggest the optimal test battery of vestibular function in cochlear implant recipients
The objective of this study is to identify possible preoperative risk factors including genetic background and to suggest the optimal test battery of vestibular function in cochlear implant recipients Participants underwent standard vestibular testing including video head impulse test (vHIT), vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP), subjective visual vertical and stabilometry before and after the surgery.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
57
surgery for bilateral hearing loss
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Postgraduate Medical School
Prague, Czechia
vestibular function
semicircular canal function measured by vHIT
Time frame: from 2 days before the intervention to 3 weeks after the intervention
vestibular function
otolith function measured by VEMP
Time frame: from 2 days before the intervention to 3 weeks after the intervention
postural function
postural function and stability measured by stabilometry
Time frame: from 2 days before the intervention to 3 weeks after the intervention
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