Project

The influence of a vestibular dysfunction on the motor development of deaf children

Code
05G01507
Duration
15 July 2007 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Orthopaedics
    • Otorhinolaryngology
    • Orthopaedics
    • Otorhinolaryngology
    • Human movement and sports sciences
    • Rehabilitation sciences
    • Speech, language and hearing sciences
    • Orthopaedics
    • Otorhinolaryngology
Keywords
children vestibular dysfunctions auditory disorder motor development
 
Project description

The aims of this project are: (1) Development of an assessment protocol for the evaluation of motor development, balance and vestibular function of children. (2) Tracing systematically the mechanisms causing motor retardation and poor balance performance in auditory impaired children. (3) Investigating the consequences of a cochlear implantation on the motor development and the balance performance of auditory impaired children.