1Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
2Department of Head and Skin, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Received February 23, 2022; accepted September 17, 2022; published online ahead of print November 22, 2022.
The authors would like to thank all parents of the included children to let them participate in this study and to give their consent. Moreover, the authors want to thank everyone who helped with the recruitment, including staff of the Ghent University Hospital, the Ghent University, the city of Ghent, nurseries across East Flanders and VIS-Flanders stakeholders. Special thanks also go to Sarah Verbeke, Marthe Van Overmeiren and Rani De Coster for their practical assistance during vestibular testing.
S.M. contributed to the collection of data, data analysis, and manuscript writing; I.D. contributed to manuscript revision, and supervision and coordination of the VIS-Flanders project; C.D., S.V.A., M.S., and L.R. contributed to data collection, and manuscript revision; L.M. contributed to the collection of data, the interpretation of data analysis, manuscript revision, and supervision and coordination of the VIS-Flanders project. All authors approved the final submitted version of the manuscript and are responsible for every aspect of this work.
None of the authors have financial or non-financial conflicts of interest to disclose relevant to this paper.
Address for correspondence: Sarie Martens, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10 (2P1), B – 9000 Ghent, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected]