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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2018  |  Volume : 34  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 316-325

Assessment of cochlear implantation outcome in patients with enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome


1 Department of Otolaryngology, Alexandria University School of Medicine, Alexandria University Hospitals, Alexandria, Egypt
2 Department of Otolaryngology, Students Hospital, Health Insurance Organization, Alexandria, Egypt

Date of Submission03-Jun-2018
Date of Acceptance06-Aug-2018
Date of Web Publication2-Nov-2018

Correspondence Address:
Amira M Al-Mahy
Students Hospital, Health Insurance Organization, Sporting Abu-Keer Avenue, Alexandria
Egypt
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/ejo.ejo_43_18

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  Abstract 


Context Theoverall outcome of cochlear implantation (CI) in patients with enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) was comparable to other CI users. However, there were various concerns regarding surgical issues that may affect postoperative outcome. Moreover, exact timing for CI is still a matter of debate owing to the fluctuating nature of the disorder.
Aim This study aimed to investigate speech and language outcome in patients with EVA who had undergone CI.
Patients and methods This prospective study included 48 participants who underwent CI. The participants’ age ranged from 4 to 28 years. The participants were divided according to preoperative radiological studies of petrous temporal bone into isolated EVA, EVA-IPII (incomplete partition type II), and control groups. Patients’ records were revised for preoperative investigations as well as available intraoperative data. Aided hearing thresholds, auditory skills, and aided speech perception abilities were all assessed postoperatively in all participants.
Results No major surgical complications were found in patients with EVA. Speech and language development in EVA group was comparable to that of control group.
Conclusion CI outcomes in patients with EVA regarding surgical issues, auditory benefit, and speech perception abilities are generally good.

Keywords: cerebrospinal fluid gusher, cochlear implantation, enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome, speech outcome, vestibular aqueduct


How to cite this article:
Sobhy OA, Attallah MB, Abdou RM, Al-Mahy AM. Assessment of cochlear implantation outcome in patients with enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome. Egypt J Otolaryngol 2018;34:316-25

How to cite this URL:
Sobhy OA, Attallah MB, Abdou RM, Al-Mahy AM. Assessment of cochlear implantation outcome in patients with enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome. Egypt J Otolaryngol [serial online] 2018 [cited 2024 Mar 29];34:316-25. Available from: http://www.ejo.eg.net/text.asp?2018/34/4/316/244894




  Introduction Top


Enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) is considered to be the most common radiographic abnormality apparent in temporal bone imaging of patients with congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) [1]. It could exist in isolation or be accompanied by various temporal bone abnormalities (i.e. incomplete partition) [1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[7].

The overall outcome of CI in participants with EVA was generally good [1],[2],[3]. However, there were various concerns regarding surgical issues such as difficult or incomplete electrodes insertion that may adversely affect postoperative speech perception abilities [5], in addition to perilymphatic gushers with subsequent risk for infection such as meningitis [21]. Moreover, exact timing of CI in some patients with EVA is still a matter of debate owing to the fluctuating nature of hearing loss (HL) in those patients [22],[23].

So, the present study aimed to investigate speech and language outcome in patients with EVA who underwent CI.


  Patients and methods Top


This present study included 48 patients with CI. Participants were recruited from both health insurance hospitals and Alexandria University Main hospital. They were divided into two main groups according to preoperative petrous temporal bone radiological investigations. Group 1 included 24 participants who received CI with EVA. They were further subdivided according to the presence of associated anomalies into two subgroups: EVA group (group 1A), which included eight patients with isolated EVA, and EVA-IP II group (group 1B), which included 16 participants with EVA associated with other inner ear anomalies. Those anomalies were mainly IP II (modiolar hypoplasia and/or vestibular dysplasia), in addition to only one case with IP II associated with cochlear nerve (CN) hypoplasia. Group 2, the control group, included 24 participants who underwent CI without any detectable radiological abnormalities of the inner ear.

All included participants were further subdivided according to the onset of HL in relation to language development into prelingual and perilingual participants.

An informed written consent was obtained from all participants or their parents after a detailed explanation of the study, benefits, and adverse effects. Ethical approval was obtained from ethics committee, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University.

Before CI, all participants were free of neuropsychiatric disorders or mental subnormality. They had severe to profound HL with minimal or no benefit from amplification and speech rehabilitation. Only patients implanted with either MED-EL (MED-EL, Innsbruck, Austria) or Advanced Bionics (AB) (Advanced Bionics Corporation, Valencia, California, USA) cochlear implants (CIs) with regular and consistent use of their devices were included in this study.

The following methodology was applied to all participants of the study.

Preoperative and intraoperative data collection

Preoperative and intraoperative data were collected from patients’ records in addition to detailed history taking.

Postoperative audiological assessment

Prelingual participants must have received at least 6 months of speech rehabilitation before being assessed. Audiological assessment included the following:
  1. Meaningful auditory integration scale (MAIS): MAIS questionnaire was completed by parents after a comprehensive explanation of its items [24].
  2. Postoperative aided hearing thresholds were tested at frequencies of 250 Hz up to 4000 Hz by either play audiometry or conventional audiometry. Hearing thresholds were obtained in a sound-treated room with Madsen Itera II audiometer via a loudspeaker placed one meter behind the patient at 45° to the implanted side.
  3. Aided speech reception thresholds (SRT) were tested via an audiometer built in microphone and a loudspeaker by using either Arabic spondee words, bisyllabic words, or simply by randomized Arabic digits according to participants’ language development [25].
  4. Aided speech perception tests: they included Arabic speech discrimination (SD) test and speech pattern contrast test. They were presented by live voice at 40 dB above aided SRT or at participant’s most comfortable level. Scores were calculated in percentages.


SD tests were done through two main sets of tests: closed and open sets. A downward hierarchy was constructed for testing SD. First, open-set SD tests were assumed to start with by using age-appropriate PB monosyllabic words [26]. If participant had a score greater than or equal to 60%, then the test was discontinued. If score was less than this value, a closed-set test was chosen. The closed-set tests included Arabic versions of WIPI [27], ESP [28], and low verbal version of ESP tests [29].

Arabic speech pattern contrast test was applied to all patients. The original test was developed by Boothroyd [30] and was previously modified to include Arabic phonemes and words [31]. The test originally was developed to evaluate the perception of segmental and suprasegmental contrasts. It consists of two main parts: vowels and consonants perception tests. Total consonant and vowel perception scores were calculated.

Vowel perception test consists of ten items for testing vowel detection, identification, and discrimination. The main vowels (/a/, /i/, /o/) were used. Vowels were tested first, and if total vowel perception scores were less than 50%, the test was discontinued.

The original consonant perception test consists also of detection, identification, and discrimination. However, in the present study, only consonant detection and identification were tested to be suitable for all participants including young children. Consonants were presented in groups: plosives, fricatives, nasals, Arabic emphatics, and glides.

Postoperative language assessment

Arabic language test [32] was applied to all participants. Expressive (ELQ), receptive (RLQ), as well as total language (TLQ) quotients were calculated [32]. Language quotient (at certain component)=language age at this component divided by chronological age of the child.

Statistical analysis of data

SPSS data were fed to the computer and analyzed using IBM SPSS software package version 20.0. (IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, USA). Qualitative data were described using number and percent. Quantitative data were described using range, mean, standard deviation, and median. Significance of the obtained results was judged at the 5% level [33],[34]. The statistical tests used were χ2-test, Fisher’s exact test, or Monte Carlo correction for analyzing qualitative data. Student’s t-test, F-test (analysis of variance), and Kruskal–Wallis test were used for quantitative data. Pearson and Spearman coefficients were used to analyze correlations between two variables.


  Results and discussion Top


Preoperative data

Demographic data

There was no statistical difference according to sex distribution among the three studied groups. Equal female to male ratio was found in both EVA group and control group. EVA-IP II group composed of 62.5% females and 37.5% was males. Regarding previous studies, Valvasori and Clemis found in their series that EVA accounted for 3 : 2 female to male ratio [35],[36]. Some authors claim a slight female preponderance [4], whereas others report the reverse [17].

There was no statistical difference regarding participants’ mean age in all groups. However, wider age range was observed ([Figure 1]) in isolated EVA group than the other two groups. This difference arises from a significantly older age for perilingual participants of this group. This reflects that those participants could perform well with their hearing aids for longer duration before the need for CI. This may be owing to the presence of considerable aidable residual hearing in the first few years of life.
Figure 1 Comparison among the three studied groups according to age.

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Consanguinity was present in 50, 62.5, and 83.3% of parents of participants of isolated EVA group, EVA-IP II group, and control group, respectively. Moreover, 50, 31.3, and 58.3% for participants of the three groups had positive family history for HL. Generally as described in literature, EVAS is nonfamilial. However, a genetic predisposition is evident in a portion of patients affected by EVA [17],[37]. Some authors suggested an autosomal recessive inheritance in participants with EVAS [17].

No apparent features for associated syndromes in both EVA and EVA-IP II groups were found in the current study. Two participants had features of Waardenburg syndrome in the control group. In literature, EVA may occur as a part of several number of syndromes, mainly Pendred syndrome [37],[38]. Other syndromes such as Waardenburg or branchio-oto-renal syndromes were documented to be associated with EVA [2].

Hearing loss profile

All participants (100%) included in this study had SNHL. Age at HL notice ranged from 1 month to 4.0 years for both EVA and control groups and from 1 month to 2.50 years for EVA-IP II group. The course of HL was significantly different among participants of the three groups, as 50% of EVA group had stationary course, whereas the remaining 50% were either progressive or fluctuating. However, 25 and 8.3% of participants of EVA-IP II and control groups, respectively, had a progressive course, with the remaining percentages of both groups having a stationary course.

In previous studies, the audiological features of SNHL in patients with EVA have been described by many authors: SNHL may be mild to profound, and patients with EVA without hearing impairment have also been reported. In a variable percentage of cases, it has been described to be fluctuant and progressive [2],[17],[39].

Duration of amplification before CI did not differ significantly between the studied groups. However, it was of wide range (0.5–25 years) for isolated EVA group. This may be because of the variability of course and degree at initial diagnosis among those participants.

Regarding preoperative aided hearing thresholds, there was no statistical significant difference between groups except for at test frequencies of 2000 and 3000 Hz. EVA group had significantly better thresholds at these frequencies.

[Table 1] shows the percentage of associated vestibular manifestations in both EVA and EVA IP II. The percentage for associated vestibular symptoms was higher in EVA patients (37.5%) as compared with the control group. One of those participants was aged four years and was manifested by slight but consistent imbalance, observed by his mother, which sometimes was associated with vomiting. This occurred mainly on waking up. These manifestations were present before CI and also persisted postoperatively. The other two participants were older enough to describe their manifestations on their own. One of them described true vertiginous attacks associated with vomiting. The other patient described less specific attacks of dizziness.
Table 1 Comparison among the three studied groups according to associated vestibular symptoms

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In IP II-EVA group, there was only one case but with interesting findings. A 7-year-old male diagnosed as IP II. His mother documented frequent attacks of vomiting associated by vertigo since an early age. After the operations, attacks persisted. Moreover, he developed a significant drop attack. The vertigo was unrelated to electrical stimulation of his implant. No vestibular manifestations were encountered in the control group.

There are few published descriptions of vestibular manifestations and objective vestibular test results in patients with EVA. In previous study, vestibular symptoms in patients with EVA ranged from severe episodic vertigo to occasional unsteadiness in adults, whereas delayed walking owing to incoordination and imbalance was reported to predominate in children [17]. Other studies assumed that vestibular hypofunction seems to be more common [7]. The reported percentages of patients with EVA with vestibular signs and symptoms vary from 0 to 100% [2],[4],[40],[41]. However, in the present study, the prevalence of vestibular manifestations in all groups may be underestimated as most cases were from pediatric population.

Preoperative radiological findings

Dimensions of vestibular aqueduct were measured on CT at both the operculum and its mid portion. No significant differences were found in dimensions of vestibular aqueduct in both subgroups as shown in [Table 2].
Table 2 Radiological dimensions of VA in both EVA and EVA-IP II groups

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In the current study, correlations made between dimensions of VA and both degree of HL at initial diagnosis and vestibular manifestations were insignificant. Some previous studies generally assumed positive correlations between dimensions of VA and degree of HL [1],[2]. However, a strict correlation between the size of the VA and the degree of HL has not been established [2],[17]. A previous study investigated the correlation between VA dimensions and the severity of vestibular manifestations. However, no significant correlations were made [41].

Intraoperative data

Surgical procedure was through a postauricular incision, with classical mastoidectomy via posterior tympanotomy approach with round widow or less commonly cochleostomy approaches. All participants of the three studied groups were implanted on the right side except for one participant in EVA-IP II group that has implanted on the left side after failed right insertion.

[Table 3] demonstrates the documented intraoperative complications. They were not significantly different among the three groups except for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) gusher, which accounted for 37.5% for both EVA and EVA-IP II groups. However, it was easily controlled by fascia packing. No gusher was documented in control group.
Table 3 Comparison according to intraoperative complications in the three groups

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The incidence rate of CSF gushers in CI patients with EVA according to previous studies was extremely variable [20],[21],[42]. However, all studies agreed that in such cases, it was easily controlled by sealing it with a fragment of temporal muscle fascia [2],[20],[21]. Moreover, in the present study, no correlations were found between the occurrence of intraoperative CSF gusher and VA dimensions. This was in accordance with Vassoler et al. [15].

Traumatic facial nerve injury was documented intraoperatively in only one case in EVA-IP II group. It is well documented from previous studies that IP- type II may be associated with abnormal course of facial nerve [43],[44],[45].

Intraoperative electrodes impedance

Mean intraoperative impedance for each electrode was compared between the three studied groups. There was no statistical difference between groups.

Postoperative data

Programming data

For MEDEL CI, all participants of both EVA and control groups in addition to 85.7% of EVA IP II group used FS4 strategy, which is the default one recommended by the manufacturer. FS4p strategy was applied to two patients from control group after giving unsatisfactory results with the default strategy. For AB CI, all participants in the three groups used Hires Optima-S strategy as a default.

Mean most comfortable level (MCL) for apical, middle, and basal electrodes was compared between different groups for participants with MED-EL CIs. Mean MCLs for EVA group for the three electrode regions were observed to be lower than the other two groups. However, this was statistically significant only in mean MCL for middle electrodes where the difference was between EVA and EVA-IP II groups ([Figure 2]). By comparing the three electrode regions, apical electrodes had the lowest mean MCL levels than both middle and basal electrodes in the three studied group.
Figure 2 Mean MCL for the electrode regions in the three groups.

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Audiological, speech, and language assessment

Mean total score of MAIS questionnaire ([Table 4]) was significantly lower in EVA-IP II group than both EVA and control groups. MAIS questionnaire gathers auditory behavioral information to evaluate a child’s skills in meaningful and real-world situation.
Table 4 Meaningful auditory integration scale questionnaire total scores comparison between the three groups

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Postoperative aided hearing thresholds did not show significant differences between the three studied groups except at test frequency of 4000 Hz where EVA-IP II patients had significantly higher thresholds than control group ([Figure 3]). No statistical difference in the mean thresholds was recorded among the three studied groups regarding aided SRT.
Figure 3 Aided hearing thresholds for the three studied groups.

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The mean duration of speech rehabilitation before speech perception testing was around one year in the three groups. Speech perception test results of EVA group were comparable to the control group. Both groups yielded better outcome than EVA-IPII group after the same duration of appropriate speech rehabilitation.

[Figure 4] demonstrates percentage of participants that passed open set of aided SD tests according to ‘pass/failed’ criteria established for each test. EVA and control groups had comparable percentages of participants who passed those tests. Meanwhile, EVA-IP II group had significantly lower percentage. Moreover, 25% of that group did not pass the closed set tests.
Figure 4 Percentage of subjects that passed open-set-aided speech discrimination tests in the three groups.

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Regarding the mean scores of open-set SD tests ([Table 5]), isolated EVA patients had markedly higher mean score as compared with the other two groups. More comprehensively, this marked difference arises from the perilingual patients of the three studied groups. Regarding the prelingual patients, marked higher mean score for EVA group was present. However, it did not reach the statistical significance. This may be owing to the very small sample size (n=3).
Table 5 Comparison between groups according to open-set speech discrimination test scores (%)

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Significant negative correlations were found between open set-aided SD test scores with preoperative aided hearing thresholds in EVA-IP II group at frequencies of 250, 500, 3000, and 4000 Hz. Although negative trend for correlations in both EVA and control groups was observed, they did not reach the level of statistical significance ([Table 6]).
Table 6 Correlation between open-set speech discrimination test scores and preoperative aided thresholds in each group

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Total vowel perception test scores in prelingual EVA subjects ([Table 7]) were significantly higher than EVA-IP II group. Although total consonants identification mean scores were noticeably higher for EVA group than the other two groups, this difference didn’t reach statistical significance. Total vowel and consonants perception test scores were correlated to preoperative aided hearing thresholds. As regards to these correlations, significant negative correlations ([Figure 5]) were found in EVA group for 250, 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz. Whereas, a negative correlation was found between consonants perception test scores and preoperative aided hearing threshold at only 2000 Hz in the same group.
Table 7 Vowel perception test scores among the prelingual subjects of the three groups

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Figure 5 Correlation between total vowel identification test scores and preoperative hearing aided thresholds in prelingual subjects of enlarged vestibular aqueduct group at (a) 250 Hz, (b) 500 Hz, (c) 1000 Hz, and (d) 2000 Hz.

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Regarding postoperative LQ, it was observed that LQs for almost all tested language components for isolated EVA were higher than the other two groups. Prelingual patients of EVA group had a significantly higher ELQ than that of EVA-IP II group. For perilingual patients, ELQ was significantly higher than that of control group. TLQ for EVA patients was markedly higher (although not statistically significant; P=0.052/0.057) than the other two groups ([Table 8]).
Table 8 Comparison according to expressive language quotient and total language quotient in the three studied groups

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In the earlier studies by Bent et al. [19] and Harker et al. [20], children with EVA showed excellent results in speech perception tests. These results were attributed to postlingual nature of HL in those children. Bent et al. [19] also concluded that those children were actually better CI candidates than children with congenital HL. Similar results were obtained by Vassoler et al. [15]. On the contrary, Lee et al. [11] found variability in SD scores in children with EVA after receiving CI. However, participants in their study were heterogeneous regarding associated inner ear malformations.

Another study by Buchman et al. [46] revealed that children with IP-EVA spectrum abnormalities frequently achieve good performance, with 100% of these developing open-set speech perception skills (>20 month use). They, however, did not mention speech perception results in patients with isolated EVA separately. On the contrary, they documented that children with hypoplastic malformations or CN deficiency have achieved open-set test speech perception abilities much less frequently (50 and 19%, respectively) [46].

In the present study, there was one case of EVA-IP II associated with bilateral CN hypoplasia. She was tested after ∼20 months of regular speech rehabilitation. However, she did not pass the lowest level for SD tests. She had a score of 50% in pattern perception category of low verbal ESP test (category 1). However, she had a score of 60% in MAIS questionnaire together with aided hearing thresholds that were comparable to other participants in EVA IP II group.


  Conclusion Top


Participants with EVA have a good outcome regarding surgical issues, auditory benefit as well as speech and language development. All these make those participants excellent candidates for CI.

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