Vestibular Function in Cochlear Implants

Charles University, Czech Republic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Deafness, Bilateral; Cochlear Trauma; Vestibular Disorder

Treatments: Procedure: cochlear implantation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05795530

CharlesUCZ

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to identify possible preoperative risk factors including genetic background and to suggest the optimal test battery of vestibular function in cochlear implant recipients

Full description

The objective of this study is to identify possible preoperative risk factors including genetic background and to suggest the optimal test battery of vestibular function in cochlear implant recipients Participants underwent standard vestibular testing including video head impulse test (vHIT), vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP), subjective visual vertical and stabilometry before and after the surgery.

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss meeting criteria for cochlear implantation

Exclusion criteria

• profound unilateral sensorineural hearing loss meeting criteria for cochlear implantation

Trial design

57 participants in 1 patient group

Cochlear implant recipients

Description:

57 consecutive cochlear implant recipients

Treatment:

Procedure: cochlear implantation