Sintomas vestibulares em crianças com e sem queixa de dificuldade escolar

Abstract

General Objective: To verify a possible association between school difficulties and vestibular alterations in children aged 7 to 12 years. Specific Objective: To analyze vestibular symptoms in children from 7 to 12 years old with and without school diffi-culties. Methodology: Cross-sectional, analytical and descriptive research, observa-tional, with a quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 65 adult participants, parents of children aged 7 to 12 years, of both genders, who had or not school diffi-culties. These guardians answered an online questionnaire with objective questions related to hearing, body balance and attention. The data collection instrument was developed by Barbosa and Malt, (2007), and used with the consent of the authors. Result: Participants were asked if the children remembered the names of places or people, for the group without complaints 35 (76%) answered yes, 5 (11%) no and 6 (10%) sometimes. For the group with complaints, 5 (26%) said yes, 6 (31%) said no and 8 (42%) sometimes. Conclusion: Based only on the responses obtained in the data collection instrument, it is not possible to identify a direct association between school difficulties and vestibular alterations in children aged 7 to 12 years. There is a tendency for the group of children with complaints of school difficulties to have more difficulty with memory and attention.

Keywords: Learning; Vestibular diseases; Vertigo.