Sarie Martens, Ingeborg Dhooge, Cleo Dhondt, Saartje Vanaudenaerde, Marieke Sucaet, Lotte Rombaut, Leen Maes
OBJECTIVES: Although vestibular deficits can have severe repercussions on the early motor development in children, vestibular assessment in young children has not yet been routinely integrated in clinical practice and clear diagnostic criteria to detect early vestibular deficits are lacking. In young children, specific adjustments of the test protocol are needed, and normative data are age-dependent as the vestibular pathways mature through childhood. Therefore, this study aims to demonstrate the feasibility of an extensive age-dependent vestibular test battery, to provide pediatric normative data with the concurrent age trends, and to offer a clinical framework for pediatric vestibular testing...
March 2023: Ear and Hearing