Vestibular function in children underperforming at school
Summary: Learning is a complex, dynamic process, structured from motor and perception skills which, when cortically processed, give birth to cognition. Balance is a fundamental neurological function that helps us maintain proper postures, an essential factor in learning and a sign or neurologic matu...
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| description | Summary: Learning is a complex, dynamic process, structured from motor and perception skills which, when cortically processed, give birth to cognition. Balance is a fundamental neurological function that helps us maintain proper postures, an essential factor in learning and a sign or neurologic maturity. Aim: this paper aims to study vestibular function in children underperforming at school. Study design: this is a cross-sectional study. Materials and method: eighty-eight children with ages ranging between 7 and 12 years attending the public schools of Piracicaba from 2004 to 2006 were enrolled. All children were interviewed, submitted to ENT examination, hearing tests, and vestibular examination. Results: fifty-one percent of the participants had no reported difficulties at school, whereas 49.0% were underperforming at school. Under vestibular examination, 73.3% of the children performing well at school had normal findings, whereas 32.6% of the underperforming children had normal test results. Unilateral and bilateral irritative peripheral vestibular alterations were found in 67.4% of the underperformers and in 26.7% of the children not experiencing difficulties at school. Conclusion: all vestibular alterations found had an irritative peripheral origin. There was a statistically significant association between vestibular alteration and poor performance at school. Keywords: learning, labyrinthine disease, vertigo |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ad75fde81ba4f829fb597acd4ebb3782022-12-21T22:49:09ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology1808-86942008-11-01746815825Vestibular function in children underperforming at schoolEloisa Sartori Franco0Ivone Panhoca1MSc in Speech and Hearing Therapy at PUC - SP. Professor at the Speech and Hearing Therapy Program at Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba - UNIMEP. Audiology Internship Supervisor - UNIMEP; Send correspondence to: Eloisa Sartori Franco - R. Aldeia Campista 103 - Cond. San Conrado Sousas Campinas SP 13104-051PhD in Sciences at the Language Studies Institute at UNICAMP. Professor at the School of Speech and Hearing Therapy at PUC - Campinas. External accredited advisor of the ”Child and Adolescent Health” program, Department of Pediatrics, FCM/UNICAMP; This study was done under the auspices of the Graduate Program on Children and Adolescent Health - Department of Pediatrics - FCM/UNICAMP. Field work was conducted at the School of Health Sciences - FACIS - Speech and Hearing Therapy Program - UNIMEPSummary: Learning is a complex, dynamic process, structured from motor and perception skills which, when cortically processed, give birth to cognition. Balance is a fundamental neurological function that helps us maintain proper postures, an essential factor in learning and a sign or neurologic maturity. Aim: this paper aims to study vestibular function in children underperforming at school. Study design: this is a cross-sectional study. Materials and method: eighty-eight children with ages ranging between 7 and 12 years attending the public schools of Piracicaba from 2004 to 2006 were enrolled. All children were interviewed, submitted to ENT examination, hearing tests, and vestibular examination. Results: fifty-one percent of the participants had no reported difficulties at school, whereas 49.0% were underperforming at school. Under vestibular examination, 73.3% of the children performing well at school had normal findings, whereas 32.6% of the underperforming children had normal test results. Unilateral and bilateral irritative peripheral vestibular alterations were found in 67.4% of the underperformers and in 26.7% of the children not experiencing difficulties at school. Conclusion: all vestibular alterations found had an irritative peripheral origin. There was a statistically significant association between vestibular alteration and poor performance at school. Keywords: learning, labyrinthine disease, vertigohttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1808869415301415 |
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