Evaluation of Executive Functions in Children With Cochleovestibular Deficit (Vestibulex)

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Cognitive Function; Vestibular Function; Hearing Loss; Executive Function

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire BRIEF (Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05665907

APHP220224

IDRCB: 2022-A00160-43 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Vestibular system activity supports many functions ranging from gaze stabilization and postural control to high-level cortical functions involving spatial cognition, body perception, verticality perception, orientation, navigation, and spatial memory. Few studies have assessed the impact of a vestibular deficit on executive functions taking into account the simultaneous existence of sensorineural deafness in a child population. The BRIEF questionnaire (Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function) allows a parental assessment of executive functions and is validated from the age of 5. Children were recruited from a pediatric population followed in the Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) department for audio-vestibular assessment and BRIEF questionnaire was completed by the accompanying parent.

Full description

Vestibular system activity supports many functions ranging from gaze stabilization and postural control to high-level cortical functions involving spatial cognition, body perception, verticality perception, orientation, navigation, and spatial memory. Few studies have assessed the impact of a vestibular deficit on executive functions taking into account the simultaneous existence of sensorineural deafness in a child population. The BRIEF questionnaire (Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function) allows a parental assessment of executive functions and is validated from the age of 5. Children were recruited from a pediatric population followed in the Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) department for audio-vestibular assessment and BRIEF questionnaire was completed by the accompanying parent.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient aged ≥ 5 years < 18 years with vestibulopathy confirmed during an ENT consultation
• Affiliated to the social security system
• Holders of parental authority and Patients informed and not opposed to participating in the research
• Mastery of the French language by patients and their parents

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal to participate
• Existence of another neurodevelopmental pathology or specific cognitive disorder

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

children with vestibular dysfunction with hearing loss

Description:

children with vestibular dysfunction with hearing loss

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire BRIEF (Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function)

children with vestibular dysfunction with normal inner ear function

Description:

children with vestibular dysfunction with normal inner ear function

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire BRIEF (Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function)