Gait performance of children and adolescents with sensorineural hearing loss |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Postural and Manual Therapy, Salgado Institute of Integral Health, Rubens Carlos de Jesus st. #355, 86015-300, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil;2. Center of Pediatric Neurosurgery, CENEPE-Rehabilitation, Capitão Mor Roque Barreto st. # 47, 01323-030, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;3. Rehabilitation Sciences, Universidade Nove de Julho. Doutor Adolfo Pinto av., #109, Barra Funda, 01156-050 São Paulo, Brazil;1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Ear Institute of Xi’an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Xi’an, China;2. Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China;3. Key Laboratory of Hearing Science, Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China;1. Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Argentina;2. Neuro-otology Department, INEBA Instituto de Neurociencias de Buenos Aires, Argentina;1. Department of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Spedali Civili, University of Brescia, Italy;2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Spedali Civili, University of Brescia, Italy |
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BackgroundSeveral studies have demonstrated that children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) may exhibit balance disorders, which can compromise the gait performance of this population.ObjectiveCompare the gait performance of normal hearing (NH) children and those with SNHL, considering the sex and age range of the sample, and analyze gait performance according to degrees of hearing loss and etiological factors in the latter group.MethodThis is a cross-sectional study that assessed 96 students, 48 NH and 48 with SNHL, aged between 7 and 18 years. The Brazilian version of the Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) was used to analyze gait and the Mann-Whitney test for statistical analysis.ResultsThe group with SNHL obtained lower average gait performance compared to NH subjects (p = 0.000). This was also observed when the children were grouped by sex female and male (p = 0.000). The same difference occurred when the children were stratified by age group: 7–18 years (p = 0.000). The group with severe and profound hearing loss exhibited worse gait performance than those with mild and moderate loss (p = 0.048) and children with prematurity as an etiological factor demonstrated the worst gait performance.ConclusionThe children with SNHL showed worse gait performance compared to NH of the same sex and age group. Those with severe and profound hearing loss and prematurity as an etiological factor demonstrated the worst gait performances. |
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| Keywords: | Child Deafness Infant Premature Motor skills disorders Vestibular diseases Walking |
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