Effects of the Kahramanmaras, Turkey 2023 earthquakes on balance perception, dizziness and post-traumatic stress: A relational screening model between subjective balance problems and post-traumatic stress.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of the February 6, 2023, earthquakes in Turkey and recurrent aftershocks on balance and post-traumatic stress in surviving victims.

Methods: Our study included 1004 participants aged 18-65 years who were exposed to the February 6 earthquakes and aftershocks in Turkey. After obtaining online consent from all participants, the Vertigo Symptom Scale (VSS), the Dizziness Handicap Index (DHI), and the Posttraumatic Post-Traumatic Disorder Checklist Scale (PCL-5) were administered online, and the interactions between the variable sets were examined using a correlational screening model.

An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Professional Self-Esteem and Job Satisfaction Levels of Audiologists According to Their Workplace Types.

Background: The concept of occupational self-esteem is the value judgment developed towards the chosen profession, while job satisfaction includes positive emotional attitudes towards the job. Professional self-esteem and job satisfaction levels of audiologists are a matter of curiosity.

Purpose: To determine the effect of the workplace types of audiologists in Turkey on their professional self-esteem and job satisfaction levels.

Effects of valproic acid and levetiracetam monotherapy on balance functions in patients with generalized epilepsy.

Background: It is reported that antiepileptic drugs have an effect on balance functions. The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the effects of valproic acid and levetiracetam monotherapy on balance functions in patients with generalized epilepsy using objective test methods.

Methods: The study included 43 generalized epilepsy patients aged 18-60 years, including 20 patients receiving valproic acid monotherapy, 23 patients receiving levetiracetam monotherapy, and 25 healthy individuals as controls, in the Neurology Clinic of a university hospital in eastern Turkey.

Vestibular Evaluation of Children Diagnosed with Specific Learning Disorder.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the vestibular function of children diagnosed with specific learning disorders (SLD).

Methods: This study was conducted with 30 children diagnosed with SLD and 30 healthy children matched for age and sex, and vestibular tests were applied.

Results: Optokinetic and head shake test values in videonystagmography subtests were found to be pathological in the study group, and the lateral asymmetry value in video head impulse test (v-HIT) was found to be significantly higher in the study group.

Comparison of Functional Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex in Follicular and Luteal Phase in Young Girls.

Background: The aim of this study is to compare the possible functional involvement of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in the follicular and luteal phases.

Methods: The research was carried out at a university located in eastern Turkey. The study included 37 healthy female volunteering students aged 18-25 years.

Evaluation of vestibulo-ocular reflex with functional head impulse test in healthy individuals: normative values.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the normative values of the functional head impulse test (fHIT) test in healthy young adults.

Materials And Methods: The study included 100 individuals, 58 females and 42 males, aged 20-25 years. Beon Solution Zero Branco (TV) fHIT test was applied to all participants.

Evaluation of vestibular functions in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Background: To determine the anatomical proximity of the vestibular nuclei to the respiratory nuclei and the effect of susceptibility of the posterior labyrinth to a hypoxic state on the vestibular system.

Objective: It was aimed to evaluate the possible effects of periodic hypoxia on vestibular reflexes and proprioceptive perception in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).

Material And Methods: The study was conducted with 40 patients diagnosed with moderate and severe OSAS and 21 healthy individuals.

Investigation of the Relationship Between BPPV with Anxiety, Sleep Quality and Falls.

Objective: To investigate the effects of dizziness on sleep quality and psychological status in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and to evaluate its relationship with falls.

Methods: A Demographic Data Form, a Visual Vertigo Analog Scale, the Falls Efficacy Scale - International (FES-I), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were administered in 102 individuals diagnosed with BPPV by videonystagmography test. The same scales were applied to 75 healthy volunteers as the control group, and the two groups were compared.

A comparison of functional vestibulo-ocular reflex and proprioception in athletes of combat sports and ball sports.

Background: The contribution and role of sensory systems in providing postural control may vary depending on the condition or activity. Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) and proprioception might be affected by the type of sport.

Objective: This study aimed to compare athletes engaged in combat sports and ball sports in terms of functional VOR and proprioception.

vHIT results with the synapsis system according to clinicians' dominant hand use.

Background/objective: There exists limited information in the literature on dominant hand preference in relation with vHIT applications. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between the clinician's dominant use of right- or left-hand and vHIT results.

Methods: A Synapsys vHIT Ulmer device was used in the study.

The short-term effect of COVID-19 on the cochleovestibular system in pediatric patients.

Objectives: The audio-vestibular equivalent of neurological symptoms secondary to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been discussed; however, it has not been fully clarified. Although it has been reported that the vestibulocochlear system is affected in adult coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients, there is no study in the literature in which the pediatric patient group with COVID-19 was evaluated comprehensively with auditory and vestibular tests. In this study, the short-term damage caused by SARS-CoV-2 in the vestibulocochlear system in pediatric patients was examined.

Evaluation of the efferent auditory system in COVID-19 adult patients.

Background: The short- and long-term effects of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on the medial olivocochlear reflex and outer hair cells in the cochlea remain largely unclear.

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the efferent auditory system effects in adult patients with COVID-19.

Materials And Methods: The study included 18-50 years old 44 volunteers: 26 individuals (52 ears) with COVID-19 in the study group and 18 healthy individuals (36 ears) in the control group.

Effects of Covid-19 on the audio-vestibular system.

Purpose: It was aimed to investigate the effects of COVID-19 infection on hearing and the vestibular system.

Methods: Twenty-six patients whose treatment had been completed and who had no previous hearing or balance complaints were included in the study. Patients diagnosed with the disease by PCR were included in the study.

Normative values for semicircular canal function with the video head impulse test (vHIT) in healthy adolescents.

Background: The vHIT device, which has a mechanism based on measuring the VOR gain, helps us to quickly evaluate six semicircular canals.

Aims/objectives: The aim of this study was to establish normative values for semicircular canal function with the video head impulse test (vHIT) battery in normal adolescents.

Material And Methods: 100 (50 females, 50 males) individuals aged 11-18 years, with a mean age of 14.