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Vestibular impairment in cochlear implanted children presenting enlarged vestibular aqueduct and enlarged endolymphatic sac

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Enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) is a common finding in tomodensitometry. When cranial MRI is performed, enlarged endolymphatic sac (EES) can also be found. Profound hearing loss is a common finding in these patients but a few studies have investigated vestibular function after cochlear implantation (CI) in EVA and EES patients. Our main objective was to find out whether in EVA children candidates to CI, a higher endolymphatic sac (ES) volume was predictive for higher rates of postsurgical vestibular complications.Methods: We retrospectively included EVA children who benefited from CI, during the last 2 years. Two groups were constituted according to the presence or not of a vestibular impairment (decrease in the VOR gain on the VHIT test on one of the semicircular canals and/or a loss of cVEMPs) 6 months after CI. Endolymphatic volume of both VA and ES was measured for each patient.Results: Fifteen patients were included. The mean endolymph volume was significantly higher in the impaired group (0.40 cm3 ± 0.23, range 0.08-0.70) than in the non-impaired group (0.11 cm3 ± 0.07, range 0.04-0.29; p = 0.029). Four children of the impaired group were followed during one year. At the end of vestibular rehabilitation, all children recovered a lateral canal function and a saccular function.Conclusion: In EVA children, a combined EES appears to increase the risk of severe post CI vestibular impairment. To minimize this risk prior CI surgery, besides tomodensitometry, MRI measurement of the ES volume should be systematically performed.
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hal-03493153 , version 1 (02-01-2023)

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P. Reynard, E. Ionescu, C.A. Joly, A. Ltaief-Boudrigua, A. Coudert, et al.. Vestibular impairment in cochlear implanted children presenting enlarged vestibular aqueduct and enlarged endolymphatic sac. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2021, 141, pp.110557. ⟨10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110557⟩. ⟨hal-03493153⟩
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