Methodological aspects of testing vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in infants at universal hearing screening program.

ABSTRACT: Motor development in infants is dependent upon the function of the inner ear balance organ (vestibular organ). Vestibular failure causes motor delays in early infancy and suboptimal motor skills later on. A vestibular test for newborns and infants that is applicable on a large scale, safe and cost effective is in demand in various contexts: in the differential diagnosis of early onset hearing loss to determine forms associated with vestibular failure; in early hearing habilitation with cochlear implant, indicating the vestibular predominant side; and in the habilitation of children affected by motor skill disorders, revealing the contribution of a vestibular failure. This work explored the feasibility of cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP) in conjunction with newborn univ

SUBMITTER: Verrecchia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6872559 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature