Poremećaji vestibularne funkcije Kod dece

Abstract

Deca sa obostranim gubitkom vestibularne funkcije od rođenja ili u detinjstvu, pokazuju veliko kašnjenje u motornom razvoju. Iako ne ugrožavaju život, ovi poremećaji u velikom mogu uticati na sam kvalitet života. Rad predstavlja pregled literature novijeg datuma koja se bavi poremećajima vestibularne funkcije kod dece, njihovim uzrocima i prevalencom. Kroz prikaz različitih tehnika i metodoloških postupaka uz pomoć kojih se ovi poremećaji utvrđuju, rad ima za cilj da proširi znanje i poveća svest stručnjaka koji rade sa decom – surdoaudiologa i logopeda, u pomenutoj oblasti, kako bi mogli što lakše da prepoznaju poremećaje udružene sa vestibularnim simptomima i na taj način sprovedu svrsishodniji tretman. S obzirom da su šanse za uspešan oporavak dece sa vestibularnim poremećajima, znatno veće nego u odraslih, pravovremeno dijagnostikovanje narušene vestibularne funkcije je preduslov uspešne rehabilitacije.

Children with bilateral loss of vestibular function at birth or in childhood, manifest a long delay in motor development. Although not life threatening, these disorders can have a big influence on the quality of life. The paper presents an overview of recent literature that deals with disorders of vestibular function in children, their causes and prevalence. Through a review of techniques and methodological procedures by which these disorders are determined, the purpose of this paper is to broaden knowledge and increase awareness of professionals who work with children – surdoaudiologists and speech therapists, in the above mentioned fields, so they can more easily recognize the disorders associated with vestibular symptoms and thus carry out more expedient treatment. Since that the chances for successful recovery of children with vestibular disorders, significantly better than in adults, the timely diagnosis of disturbed vestibular function is a prerequisite for successful rehabilitation.