The effect of cochlear implant surgery on vestibular function in adults: A meta-analysis study.

ABSTRACT:

Issue

The findings in literature indicate inconsistency in the complications caused by the implant of electrodes in the cochlea; vestibular alterations and balance disorders are mentioned as the most likely.

Purpose

To evaluate, in literature, through the results of multiple vestibular function tests, the effects of cochlear implant surgery on postural stability in adult patients and to analyze.

Hypothesis

From the PICO strategy, where the Population focuses on adults, Intervention is cochlear implant surgery, Comparisons are between implanted patients, and Outcomes are the results of the assessment of cochlear function, the research question was formulated: Are there deficits in vestibular function in adults undergoing cochlear implant placement?

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SUBMITTER: Vaz FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9402268 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature