Vestibular Disorder and Visuo-spatial Functions

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vertigo; Vestibular Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive and neuropsychological assesment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02533739

2014/28MAR/143

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of these studies is to determine whether vestibular disorders could affect visuo-spatial cognition. Visuo-spatial cognition will be evaluated using a new questionnaire and a new computerized test using a digital tablet in different studies.

Enrollment: 94 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

For participants of the questionnaire study :

Participants with vertigo complaints versus participants without vertigo complaints.

For patients of the behavioural study :

Inclusion Criteria:

• Vestibular disorder (with or without vertigo)
• Deafness / hard of hearing

Exclusion Criteria:

• Neurological or psychiatric conditions
• Cochlear Implant (for functional magnetic resonance imaging study)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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94 participants in 2 patient groups

Patient group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will consist of vestibular patients and/or participants with vertigo.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive and neuropsychological assesment

Control group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

This group will consist of participants without vestibular/vertigo impairments.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive and neuropsychological assesment