Siegel J C, Marchetti M, Tecklin J S
Cape Coral Hospital, FL 33904.
Phys Ther. 1991 Mar;71(3):183-9. doi: 10.1093/ptj/71.3.183.
This study compared balance skills of hearing-impaired children with those of hearing children in order to determine whether a deficit in balance exists in hearing-impaired children and to ascertain whether this deficit is age-related. Twenty-eight hearing-impaired subjects were chosen as a sample of convenience from the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and placed into one of three age groups. Ten subjects were in the 4.5 to 6.5-year-old age group, 8 in the 8- to 10-year-old age group, and 10 in the 12.5 to 14.5-year-old age group. Selection criteria included bilateral sensorineural hearing loss of greater than or equal to 65 dB and normal intelligence (IQ greater than or equal to 80). Balance was measured by the use of the Balance subtest of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency. For each age group, a z test was used to compare the subjects' scores with the Balance subtest standard scores. The results showed that for each age group, the mean score for the hearing-impaired children was lower than the standard score. Both older groups had significantly higher scores than the youngest group, but the mean scores of the older groups were not significantly different. No difference between the subjects' balance scores and the Balance subtest standard scores was found among the age groups, suggesting that the balance deficit was not age-related. Gender differences were not found for balance scores.
本研究比较了听力受损儿童与听力正常儿童的平衡技能，以确定听力受损儿童是否存在平衡缺陷，并确定这种缺陷是否与年龄相关。从宾夕法尼亚聋人学校选取了28名听力受损受试者作为便利样本，并将他们分为三个年龄组之一。10名受试者在4.5至6.5岁年龄组，8名在8至10岁年龄组，10名在12.5至14.5岁年龄组。选择标准包括双侧感音神经性听力损失大于或等于65分贝且智力正常（智商大于或等于80）。平衡通过使用布吕宁克斯-奥塞茨基运动能力测试的平衡子测试来测量。对于每个年龄组，使用z检验将受试者的分数与平衡子测试标准分数进行比较。结果表明，对于每个年龄组，听力受损儿童的平均分数低于标准分数。两个较大的年龄组的分数明显高于最年轻的年龄组，但较大年龄组的平均分数没有显著差异。在各年龄组之间，未发现受试者的平衡分数与平衡子测试标准分数之间存在差异，这表明平衡缺陷与年龄无关。在平衡分数方面未发现性别差异。
