Otoneurologic evaluation in children with school difficulties: vestibular function investigation.

Full Abstract

According to the literature, child vestibular dysfunctions can considerably affect their ability of communication and school performance.

AIM:
to study the vestibular function in children with school difficulties and associated symptoms.

CASE STUDY:
Clinical study with transversal cohort.

METHOD:
Research subjects were 50 school children between 7 and 12 years old, from a public school of Piracicaba city, during the years 2004 and 2005. The procedure was based on:
anamnesis; otorrinolaryngologic evaluation; audiologic evaluation and vestibular evaluation.

RESULTS:
All children assessed, 62.0% did not have school difficulties and 38.0% had school difficulties. Dizziness was the most common general complaint (36.0%). Migraine was the most common symptom regarding the school environment (50.0%). We found a high rate of normal vestibular condition (74.2%) in children without school difficulties and low normality rate in those with school difficulties (31.6%). All found vestibular alterations, both unilateral and bilateral, had been of peripheral irritative origin, accounting for 68.4% of cases for children with school difficulties and 25.8% for children without school difficulties.

CONCLUSION:
Dizziness, nausea, reading and copying difficulties presented a statistically significant relationship between the studied variables. All found vestibular alterations had been of peripheral irritative origin. Data showed a statistically significant relationship among variables.

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Author information

Author/s: Franco, Eloisa Sartori (ES); Panhoca, Ivone (I);

Affiliation: Piracicaba Methodist University - UNIMEP.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology (Braz J Otorhinolaryngol), published in Brazil. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2007 Nov-Dec; vol 73 (issue 6) : pp 803-15

Dates: Created 2008/02/18; Completed 2008/06/16; Revised 2008/10/06;

PMID: 18278227, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Humans
Labyrinth Diseases - complications; diagnosis
Learning Disorders - etiology
Male
Underachievement
Vestibular Function Tests

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