Table 3.
Results of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status for Hearing Impaired Individuals (RBANS-H) total and index scores in BVP patients and CP.
| Total RBANS-H scale | Immediate memory | Delayed memory | Attention | Language | Visuospatial | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean performance | ||||||||||||
| BVP patients: mean (SD) | 95.6 (17.2) | 100.4 (18.4) | 99.1 (14.2) | 89.1 (18.0) | 97.7 (11.6) | 96.3 (16.3) | ||||||
| CP: mean (SD) | 98.7 (13.1) | 105.7 (15.9) | 97.9 (12.4) | 94.2 (16.1) | 101.3 (12.1) | 96.9 (14.2) | ||||||
| Linear regression model | p-value | β | p-value | β | p-value | β | p-value | β | p-value | β | p-value | β |
| BVP versus CP | 0.142 | −3.7 | 0.07 | −5.0 | 0.73 | 0.8 | 0.045 | −5.9 | 0.083 | −3.6 | 0.396 | −2.4 |
| Hearing status (SRT) | 0.027 | −0.4 | 0.009 | −0.5 | 0.115 | −0.3 | 0.104 | −0.4 | 0.002 | −0.5 | 0.492 | 0.1 |
Linear regression analyses were conducted to assess the association between vestibular loss, hearing loss and cognition. All models adjusted for hearing loss (SRT in noise), age, sex, and education. Statistical significant p-values are shown in gray. BVP, bilateral vestibulopathy; CP, healthy controls; SRT, speech reception threshold; RBANS-H, The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status for Hearing Impaired Individuals.