Vestibular dysfunction in adolescents and young adults after kidney transplant.

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease is a slowly progressive disease that causes irreversible loss of renal function and is considered a public health problem worldwide.

Objective: To evaluate the vestibular behavior in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing renal transplantation.

Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed.

[Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7].

The aim of this study was to verify the possible alterations observed in a case of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7. The patient was referred to the Laboratory of Neurotology of Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (Brazil), and was submitted to the following procedures: anamnesis, otoscopy, auditory and vestibular assessments. The case described is a 34-year-old woman with a genetic diagnosis of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7, who referred imbalance when walking, speech difficulties, headache, dizziness, and dysphagia.

Vestibular rehabilitation: clinical benefits to patients with Parkinson's disease.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the vestibular rehabilitation (VR) exercises by means of an assessment before and after the application of the Brazilian version of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) questionnaire.

Method: Twelve patients were studied, the following procedures were carried out: anamnesis, otorhinolaryngological and vestibular evaluation, and the application of the DHI before and after the VR.

Results: Clinically resting tremors and subjective postural instability were the motor complaints most frequently associated with complaints of vertigo in 12 cases (100%); in the vestibular exam, all the patients presented abnormalities, frequently from the uni and bilateral peripheral vestibular deficiency syndromes in 10 cases (83.

Vestibular findings in relapsing, remitting multiple sclerosis: a study of thirty patients.

Our objective was to describe vestibular abnormalities in patients with relapsing and remitting multiple sclerosis. Thirty patients (6 men and 24 women) between 27 and 64 years of age underwent neurological and otolaryngological examinations, complete anamnesis, and electronystagmography. Patients with psychological or oculomotor paresis (or both), internuclear ophthalmoparesis, severe visual disturbances, or locomotion restrictions were excluded.

Neurotological findings in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Unlabelled: The number of elderly people is increasing considerably in our settings, and with that we have a matching increase in chronic-degenerative diseases - such as Parkinson's Disease (PD), which has balance-related symptoms associated and is increasingly more prevalent in the elderly population.

Aim: Study labyrinth exams in PD patients and associate them with vestibular disorders.

Study Design: contemporary cross-sectional cohort.

High-frequency hearing threshold in adult women with multiple sclerosis.

Our objective was to determine the high-frequency hearing thresholds of women with multiple sclerosis (MS) and to investigate the presence of side dominance for high-frequency perception. We submitted 19 affected and 106 nonaffected women (controls) to high-frequency audiometry and classified them in subgroups according to their age (30-40, 40-50, and 50-60 years). We analyzed data through selected statistical tests.

Vestibulocochlear manifestations in patients with type I diabetes mellitus.

Unlabelled: Glucose metabolism has a significant impact on inner ear physiology, and small changes may result in hearing and balance disorders.

Aim: To investigate vestibulocochlear symptoms in patients with type I diabetes mellitus.

Study Design: a cross-sectional study of a contemporary group.