Effect of simulated acute bilateral severe conductive hearing loss on static balance function in healthy subjects: a prospective observational pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Maintaining static balance is a process coordinated by central integration of visual, vestibular and somatosensory information. Whether or not hearing and spatial acoustic information contributes to the maintenance of static postural balance is unclear.

Methods

A prospective observational pilot study was performed. Twenty-five normal hearing adults (68% female; 19-31 years) underwent a computerized dynamic posturography test battery including the Sensory Organization Test (SOT), the Motor Control Test (MCT), and the Adaptation Test (ADT). The balance tests were performed two times, in a randomized sequence without or with acute hearing loss. Earplugs (sound insulation 37 dB) or headphones with white noise (sound volume 75 dB) induced the conductive hearing loss. Henc

SUBMITTER: Westermann-Lammers J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10219876 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature