Investigating the Effect of Hearing Aid Use on the Balance Status of Children with Severe to Profound Congenital Hearing Loss Using the Pediatric Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction for Balance.

Background: Since the hearing and vestibular organs are close to each other, the correlation between hearing and balance is one of the principal issues, especially in people with hearing loss.

Purpose: In this study, the effect of the auditory system on human balance performance was investigated by comparing the balance status of hearing-impaired children in the aided and unaided situations.

Research Design: In this cross-sectional study a group of children were assigned the task to compare the balance sways in two aided and unaided situations.