Static and dynamic balance of children and adolescents with sensorineural hearing loss

Renato de Souza Melo, Sônia Elvira Dos Santos Marinho, Maryelly Evelly Araújo Freire, Robson Arruda Souza, Hélio Anderson Melo Damasceno, Maria Cristina Falcão Raposo, Renato de Souza Melo, Sônia Elvira Dos Santos Marinho, Maryelly Evelly Araújo Freire, Robson Arruda Souza, Hélio Anderson Melo Damasceno, Maria Cristina Falcão Raposo

Abstract

Objective: To assess the static and dynamic balance performance of students with normal hearing and with sensorineural hearing loss.

Methods: A cross-sectional study assessing 96 students, 48 with normal hearing and 48 with sensorineural hearing loss of both sexes, aged 7 and 18 years. To evaluate static balance, Romberg, Romberg-Barré and Fournier tests were used; and for the dynamic balance, we applied the Unterberger test.

Results: Hearing loss students showed more changes in static and dynamic balance as compared to normal hearing, in all tests used (p<0.001). The same difference was found when subjects were grouped by sex. For females, Romberg, Romberg-Barré, Fournier and Unterberger test p values were, respectively, p=0.004, p<0.001, p<0.001 and p=0.023; for males, the p values were p=0.009, p<0.001, p<0.001 and p=0.002, respectively. The same difference was observed when students were classified by age. For 7 to 10 years old students, the p values for Romberg, Romberg-Barré and Fournier tests were, respectively, p=0.007, p<0.001 and p=0.001; for those aged 11 and 14 years, the p values for Romberg, Romberg-Barré, Fournier and Unterberger tests were p=0.002, p<0.001, p<0.001 and p=0.015, respectively; and for those aged 15 and 18 years, the p values for Romberg-Barré, Fournier and Unterberger tests were, respectively, p=0.037, p<0.001 and p=0.037.

Conclusion: Hearing-loss students showed more changes in static and dynamic balance comparing to normal hearing of same sex and age groups.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: none.

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