Recent data collected on adult patients with vestibular loss (VL) tend to demonstrate possible cognitive impairments in visuospatial working memory, mental rotation, selective attention, and space orientation. However, the neuropsychological profile of children with VL remains largely under-investigated in the scientific literature. Although previous research has shown that children with VL may experience some degree of delayed motor development, it is not yet clear if VL could also lead to specific delayed cognitive development. In this study, we will present the development and validation of a new tablet-based computerized test battery (VSAD) that evaluates visuospatial working memory, mental rotation, selective attention, and space orientation abilities. Thirteen children with VL and 54 average-age matched healthy children performed the VSAD and classical paper-and-pencil neuropsychological tasks twice within a 1-month interval. Our results demonstrated a good concurrent validity with strong correlations between the visuospatial working memory, mental rotation, and space orientation tests of the VSAD and classical tasks. Test–retest reliability was also supported through good intra-class coefficients. However, the test of selective attention showed no concurrent validity with the matched classical task. The discriminant validity of the VSAD was partially supported for visuospatial working memory and mental rotation performance accuracy. The VSAD shows good concurrent validity and reliability for measuring visuospatial working memory, mental rotation, and space orientation in children with VL. Future studies are needed to extend discriminant validity with other populations.

最近收集的前庭功能丧失 (VL) 成年患者的数据往往表明视觉空间工作记忆、心理旋转、选择性注意和空间定向方面可能存在认知障碍。然而，在科学文献中，VL 儿童的神经心理学特征仍然缺乏大量研究。虽然之前的研究表明，患有 VL 的儿童可能会出现一定程度的运动发育迟缓，但目前尚不清楚 VL 是否也会导致特定的认知发育迟缓。在这项研究中，我们将展示一种新的基于平板电脑的计算机化测试电池 (VSAD) 的开发和验证，该电池可评估视觉空间工作记忆、心理旋转、选择性注意和空间定向能力。13 名 VL 儿童和 54 名平均年龄匹配的健康儿童在 1 个月的时间间隔内进行了两次 VSAD 和经典的纸笔神经心理学任务。我们的结果证明了良好的并发有效性，VSAD 和经典任务的视觉空间工作记忆、心理旋转和空间定向测试之间具有很强的相关性。良好的类内系数也支持重测信度。然而，选择性注意测试显示与匹配的经典任务没有并发有效性。VSAD 的判别效度部分支持视觉空间工作记忆和心理旋转表现的准确性。VSAD 在测量 VL 儿童的视觉空间工作记忆、心理旋转和空间定向方面显示出良好的同时效度和可靠性。