Journal article
Comprehensive Vestibular and Balance Testing in the Dizzy Pediatric Population
Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, v 144(2), pp 142-148
Feb 2011
PMID: 21493408
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Abstract
Objective. To describe the spectrum of balance disease in a large population of children presenting to a tertiary care vestibular and balance laboratory.
Study Design. Case series with chart review.
Setting. Tertiary care pediatric hospital.
Main Outcome Measures. Results of audiometric, vestibular, and balance tests and final diagnosis.
Subjects and Methods. Retrospective review of audiometric, vestibular, balance testing, and final diagnosis from a patient database.
Results. Between September 2003 and September 2007, 132 children were evaluated at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Vestibular Disorders Program. Sixty-nine of the patients were boys and 63 were girls. The average age was 9.7 +/- 5.0 years (range, 1-17 years). Although not all were able to complete the entire test battery (99 children completed at least 50% of the tests in the protocol), a diagnosis was achieved in most cases. The most common diagnoses were peripheral vestibulopathy (29.5%), migraine/benign recurrent vertigo of childhood (24.2%), motor/developmental delay (10.6%), traumatic brain injury (9.8%), and central nervous system structural lesion (9.1%).
Conclusions. Peripheral vestibular deficits and migraine disease account for most of the pathology in the pediatric population. With a multidisciplinary approach, diagnosis of the source of vertigo and imbalance is possible in most children.
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- Title
- Comprehensive Vestibular and Balance Testing in the Dizzy Pediatric Population
- Creators
- Robert C. O'Reilly - The Alfred HospitalJewell Greywoode - Thomas Jefferson University HospitalThierry Morlet - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenFreeman Miller - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenJohn Henley - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenChris Church - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenJeffrey Campbell - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenJason Beaman - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenAnne Marie Cox - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenEmily Zwicky - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenCharles Bean - Urology AssociatesStephen Falcheck - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
- Publication Details
- Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, v 144(2), pp 142-148
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Audiology - Distance
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000293997000002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79959611000
- Other Identifier
- 991022168371504721
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- Otorhinolaryngology
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