Objective: The aim was to evaluate the vestibular system of children who had undergone cochlear implant surgery and to compare them with the healthy population by vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gains in unilateral and bilateral implant users, with the implants both on and off.
Methods: Patients older than 5 years who had undergone cochlear implant surgery between 2012 and 2020 and who were cochlear implant users for at least one year were included. After consent was obtained, a video head impulse test (VHIT) was performed to evaluate the three semicircular canals, with devices on and off, and VOR gains were evaluated. VHIT was also used to assess VOR gains in the control group. The VOR gains of the study and control groups, VOR gains of unilateral and bilateral implant users, and VOR gains with implants on and off were compared.
Results: When the VOR gains of 24 unilateral and 13 bilateral cochlear implant users and the control group (n = 30) were compared, a significant difference was found only in the anterior semicircular canal, although the VOR gains were found to be low in all three semicircular canals in the implant users (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference between the VOR gains of unilateral and bilateral implant users. There was no significant difference between the VOR gains when either on or off. There was no correlation between cochlear implant usage time, implant insertion age, patient age and VOR gain.
Conclusion: The effects of cochlear implant surgery on the vestibular system continue in the late period, but no correlation was observed between implant usage time and VOR gain after the first year. It was observed that having the cochlear implant on or off had no effect on VOR gain. Furthermore, bilateral implant surgery did not lead to additional vestibular dysfunction compared to unilateral implant surgery.
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