Correlation of SVINT and Sensory Organization Test in Children with Hearing Loss
<i>Objective</i>: The skull vibration-induced-nystagmus test (SVINT) is a noninvasive and effective screening tool for the function of the otolith and canal structures in children. It can instantaneously assess vestibular asymmetry. This study aimed to analyze the SVINT results of health...
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| description | <i>Objective</i>: The skull vibration-induced-nystagmus test (SVINT) is a noninvasive and effective screening tool for the function of the otolith and canal structures in children. It can instantaneously assess vestibular asymmetry. This study aimed to analyze the SVINT results of healthy children vs. children with hearing loss (HL) and to correlate it with sensory organization test (SOT) results as a functional balance evaluation tool. <i>Design</i>: This case-controlled study compared the results of SVINT to the results of the SOT of the computerized dynamic posturography (CDP) in a control group of 120 healthy normal-hearing children (i.e., NH group) vs. hearing loss (HL) group of 60 children, including 30 children with hearing aids (HAs) and 30 children with a unilateral cochlear implant (CI). The SVINT results were compared to the caloric test (CaT) and video head impulse test (vHIT) and associated with SOT scores. <i>Results</i>: Thirty-one children in the HL group had normal SVINT and normal SOT results. A total of 21 children in the HL group had SVINT-negative and abnormal results in the SOT (possibly due to bilateral vestibular loss (BVL)). Eight children in the HL group had positive SVINT and abnormal SOT results. However, none of the children had only positive SVINT with normal SOT findings. Moreover, 52% of children had a normal result on both the SOT and CaT, whereas 27% had abnormal results on both tests (17% bilateral weakness and 10% unilateral), and 22% had the only result of the SOT suggesting a functional abnormality. Similarly, when associating the result to vHIT, 51% had normal results on both tests, and 25% had abnormal results (13% bilateral and 12% unilateral weakness). <i>Conclusions</i>: SVINT findings can be correlated with SOT findings in the case of the unilateral vestibular lesion (UVL), which adds a diagnostic value in these pediatric cases but may differ in the case of the bilateral vestibular lesion (BVL). However, SVINT findings need to be cautiously interpreted in light of other test findings such as the SOT, CaT, and vHIT. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b3bf08d73ac845dca1b73d18a83999df2023-11-23T15:34:41ZengMDPI AGAudiology Research2039-43492022-06-0112331632610.3390/audiolres12030033Correlation of SVINT and Sensory Organization Test in Children with Hearing LossSolara Sinno0Fadi Najem1Georges Dumas2Kim Smith Abouchacra3Art Mallinson4Philippe Perrin5EA 3450 DevAH, Development, Adaptation and Handicap, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lorraine, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, FranceDepartment of Audiology, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA 95211, USAEA 3450 DevAH, Development, Adaptation and Handicap, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lorraine, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, FranceDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Audiology & Balance Center, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 1107 2020, LebanonDivision of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, CanadaEA 3450 DevAH, Development, Adaptation and Handicap, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lorraine, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France<i>Objective</i>: The skull vibration-induced-nystagmus test (SVINT) is a noninvasive and effective screening tool for the function of the otolith and canal structures in children. It can instantaneously assess vestibular asymmetry. This study aimed to analyze the SVINT results of healthy children vs. children with hearing loss (HL) and to correlate it with sensory organization test (SOT) results as a functional balance evaluation tool. <i>Design</i>: This case-controlled study compared the results of SVINT to the results of the SOT of the computerized dynamic posturography (CDP) in a control group of 120 healthy normal-hearing children (i.e., NH group) vs. hearing loss (HL) group of 60 children, including 30 children with hearing aids (HAs) and 30 children with a unilateral cochlear implant (CI). The SVINT results were compared to the caloric test (CaT) and video head impulse test (vHIT) and associated with SOT scores. <i>Results</i>: Thirty-one children in the HL group had normal SVINT and normal SOT results. A total of 21 children in the HL group had SVINT-negative and abnormal results in the SOT (possibly due to bilateral vestibular loss (BVL)). Eight children in the HL group had positive SVINT and abnormal SOT results. However, none of the children had only positive SVINT with normal SOT findings. Moreover, 52% of children had a normal result on both the SOT and CaT, whereas 27% had abnormal results on both tests (17% bilateral weakness and 10% unilateral), and 22% had the only result of the SOT suggesting a functional abnormality. Similarly, when associating the result to vHIT, 51% had normal results on both tests, and 25% had abnormal results (13% bilateral and 12% unilateral weakness). <i>Conclusions</i>: SVINT findings can be correlated with SOT findings in the case of the unilateral vestibular lesion (UVL), which adds a diagnostic value in these pediatric cases but may differ in the case of the bilateral vestibular lesion (BVL). However, SVINT findings need to be cautiously interpreted in light of other test findings such as the SOT, CaT, and vHIT.https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4349/12/3/33hearing losschildrenskull vibration-induced nystagmusposturographycaloric testvideo head impulse test |
| spellingShingle | Solara Sinno Fadi Najem Georges Dumas Kim Smith Abouchacra Art Mallinson Philippe Perrin Correlation of SVINT and Sensory Organization Test in Children with Hearing Loss Audiology Research hearing loss children skull vibration-induced nystagmus posturography caloric test video head impulse test |
| title | Correlation of SVINT and Sensory Organization Test in Children with Hearing Loss |
| title_full | Correlation of SVINT and Sensory Organization Test in Children with Hearing Loss |
| title_fullStr | Correlation of SVINT and Sensory Organization Test in Children with Hearing Loss |
| title_full_unstemmed | Correlation of SVINT and Sensory Organization Test in Children with Hearing Loss |
| title_short | Correlation of SVINT and Sensory Organization Test in Children with Hearing Loss |
| title_sort | correlation of svint and sensory organization test in children with hearing loss |
| topic | hearing loss children skull vibration-induced nystagmus posturography caloric test video head impulse test |
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