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Science articlesThe state of the balance system in individuals with different hearing function
E. N. Kravtsova (1), A. Yu. Meigal (1)
(1) Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, 185910, Russia
UDK: 612.886:001.8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2019-1-58-63
ABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to evaluate the balance function of individuals with different state of the hearing function. Seventy six neurologically, orthopedically and somatically healthy individuals were examined, who constituted 4 groups, different by thr state of hearing function and age. Three groups consisted of young subjects: 1) persons with a very good ear for music, 2) the subjects with normal hearing function; 3) persons with bilateral deafness. The fourth group consisted of older patients with normal hearing function. All subjects went through a standard otoneurologic examination. To assess the functional state of the ampullary apparatus of the inner ear, bithermal caloric tests were applied. The method of computer-based stabilography was used to assess the balance system. It has been found that the age factor was more influential for balance than the hearing one. Complete deprivation of the hearing and vestibular function did not lead to a disturbance in the system of balance of the young age subjects. Additionally, the parameters of stabilometry were the best, though non-significantly, in the group with very good (musical) hearing.
Publication date:
07.02.2019
Keywords:
balance, stabilometry, deafness, vestibular function, nistagmography. For citation:
Kravtsova E. N., Meigal A. Yu. The state of the balance system in individuals with different hearing function. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya. 2019;18(1):58–63. https://doi.org/ 10.18692/1810-4800-2019-1-58-63