Vestibular Evaluation and Management of Children with Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Melissa Hazen; Sharon L. Cushing
- Source
- Otolaryngologic clinics of North America. 54(6)
- Subject
- Vestibular system
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
General Medicine
Audiology
medicine.disease
Comorbidity
VESTIBULAR IMPAIRMENT
Otorhinolaryngology
Vestibular Diseases
Intervention (counseling)
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Humans
Vestibular dysfunction
Sensorineural hearing loss
sense organs
business
Child
Neurocognitive
- Language
- ISSN
- 1557-8259
Vestibular dysfunction is the most common comorbidity associated with childhood sensorineural hearing loss. Early identification of vestibular dysfunction enables early intervention to mitigate its impact of motor, behavioral, and neurocognitive deficits of developing children. Screening for vestibular impairment can be achieved in the busy clinical setting.