Vestibular Cochlear Implant Hearing Impaired Child

NCT ID: NCT03599804

Last Updated: 2018-07-26

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-06-30

Study Completion Date

2021-06-30

Brief Summary

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Cochlear implantation (CI) is a well-known surgical procedure to rehabilitate patients with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. Indications for this surgery have expanded in the last 10 years including bilateral CI. Although CI has been described as a safe procedure with few major complications, it may have an adverse effect on the vestibular functions and produce dizziness. Prevalence of postoperative dizziness varies widely in the literature and is said to affect between 2% - 47%.

Detailed Description

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The structural and functional integrity of the vestibular system is necessary for maintenance of the complex postural system and adaptation to the environment. The absence of vestibular function is accompanied by poor prognosis and severe limitations in the activities of daily life, such as ambulating in low-light environments or on uneven ground, swimming, driving fast, etc.

The exact mechanisms responsible for the postoperative vestibular changes and/or symptoms, but several theories exist. Because of the very anatomic proximity between the auditory and vestibular systems, and their embryologic and physiologic alterations, they may be simultaneously involved in some bodily dysfunctions. This involvement is more frequent in peripheral alterations than in central ones.

The lateral wall and the fluid space are breached during cochleostomy. Insertion of electrode array may cause changes in the normal fluid homeostasis of the inner ear, damage to the basilar membrane, osseous spiral lamina and vestibular receptors; utricle, saccule and semicircular canals, surgery-induced inflammation resulting in fibrosis or loss of hair cells, foreign body reaction (labyrinthitis), produce perilymph leakage and alter the pressure in the inner ear. In addition, the electric stimulation of the cochlear implant may cause pathologic changes in the inner ear as a subsequent dysfunction of structures, resulting in vestibular alterations.

In previous research, the following vestibular assessments were utilized to determine vestibular injuries after CI: Caloric response, videonystagmography (VNG), vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs), video head impulse test (VHIT), rotatory chair and scleral search coil.

Knowledge of vestibular system function before and after CI surgery is important for the satisfactory management of each case. It also helps in the selection of which ear to implant to avoid bilateral vestibular areflexia and can assist in the management of any postoperative vestibular symptoms. So, there are two questions that should be raised when we consider the vestibular function of a patient who will submitted to CI: Is vestibular function present or not? and is the function symmetric?

Conditions

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Vestibular Abnormality

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Children with bilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss.
2. Age less than 6years at time of implantation.
3. Prelingual deafness.

Exclusion Criteria

* Incomplete follow up.
* Other pathologies affecting balance as orthopedic problems before surgery.
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Year

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Marwa Hussein Ahmed Hamza

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Enass S Mohamed, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Assiut University

Central Contacts

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Marwa Hu Hamza, Master

Role: CONTACT

01021101180

Enass S Mohamed, MD

Role: CONTACT

01003362922

References

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Bittar RSM, Sato ES, Ribeiro DJS, Tsuji RK. Preoperative vestibular assessment protocol of cochlear implant surgery: an analytical descriptive study. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Sep-Oct;83(5):530-535. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2016.06.014. Epub 2016 Jul 31.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27574724 (View on PubMed)

Krause E, Wechtenbruch J, Rader T, Gurkov R. Influence of cochlear implantation on sacculus function. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Jan;140(1):108-113. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.10.008.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19130972 (View on PubMed)

Todt I, Basta D, Ernst A. Does the surgical approach in cochlear implantation influence the occurrence of postoperative vertigo? Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Jan;138(1):8-12. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.09.003.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 18164986 (View on PubMed)

Kubo T, Yamamoto K, Iwaki T, Doi K, Tamura M. Different forms of dizziness occurring after cochlear implant. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2001 Jan;258(1):9-12. doi: 10.1007/pl00007519.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 11271438 (View on PubMed)

Vibert D, Hausler R, Kompis M, Vischer M. Vestibular function in patients with cochlear implantation. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 2001;545:29-34. doi: 10.1080/000164801750388063.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 11677737 (View on PubMed)

Vibert D, Liard P, Hausler R. Bilateral idiopathic loss of peripheral vestibular function with normal hearing. Acta Otolaryngol. 1995 Sep;115(5):611-5. doi: 10.3109/00016489509139375.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 8928631 (View on PubMed)

Frazza MM. (1999): Propedèutica otoneurológica básica. In: Gananҫ, FF (coordenator). Um giro pela vertigem. Sào Paulo: Alaúde; p.21-24.

Reference Type RESULT

Hempel JM, Jager L, Baumann U, Krause E, Rasp G. Labyrinth dysfunction 8 months after cochlear implantation: a case report. Otol Neurotol. 2004 Sep;25(5):727-9. doi: 10.1097/00129492-200409000-00014.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15354003 (View on PubMed)

Katsiari E, Balatsouras DG, Sengas J, Riga M, Korres GS, Xenelis J. Influence of cochlear implantation on the vestibular function. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 Feb;270(2):489-95. doi: 10.1007/s00405-012-1950-6. Epub 2012 Apr 6.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22481544 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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VCIHIC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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