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EINSTEIN-SAO PAULO
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 262-268Publisher
INST ISRAELITA ENSINO & PESQUISA ALBERT EINSTEIN
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082017AO3976
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Child behavior; Psychomotor performance; Motor skills; Ear, inner; Deafness
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Objective: To assess the static and dynamic balance performance of students with normal hearing and with sensorineural hearing loss. Methods: A cross-sectional study assessing 96 students, 48 with normal hearing and 48 with sensorineural hearing loss of both sexes, aged 7 and 18 years. To evaluate static balance, Romberg, Romberg-Barre and Fournier tests were used; and for the dynamic balance, we applied the Unterberger test. Results: Hearing loss students showed more changes in static and dynamic balance as compared to normal hearing, in all tests used (p<0.001). The same difference was found when subjects were grouped by sex. For females, Romberg, Romberg-Barre, Fournier and Unterberger test p values were, respectively, p=0.004, p<0.001, p<0.001 and p=0.023; for males, the p values were p=0.009, p<0.001, p<0.001 and p=0.002, respectively. The same difference was observed when students were classified by age. For 7 to 10 years old students, the p values for Romberg, Romberg-Barre and Fournier tests were, respectively, p=0.007, p<0.001 and p=0.001; for those aged 11 and 14 years, the p values for Romberg, Romberg-Barre, Fournier and Unterberger tests were p=0.002, p<0.001, p<0.001 and p=0.015, respectively; and for those aged 15 and 18 years, the p values for Romberg-Barre, Fournier and Unterberger tests were, respectively, p=0.037, p<0.001 and p=0.037. Conclusion: Hearing-loss students showed more changes in static and dynamic balance comparing to normal hearing of same sex and age groups.
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