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Insight into postural control in unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular hypofunction
This pilot study aimed to identify postural strategies in response to sensory perturbations (visual, auditory, somatosensory) in adults with and without sensory loss. We tested people with unilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction (N = 12, mean age 62 range 23–78), or with Unilateral Sensorineur...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9576045/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36251683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276251 |
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author | Lubetzky, Anat V. Kelly, Jennifer L. Harel, Daphna Roginska, Agnieszka Hujsak, Bryan D. Wang, Zhu Perlin, Ken Cosetti, Maura |
author_facet | Lubetzky, Anat V. Kelly, Jennifer L. Harel, Daphna Roginska, Agnieszka Hujsak, Bryan D. Wang, Zhu Perlin, Ken Cosetti, Maura |
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description | This pilot study aimed to identify postural strategies in response to sensory perturbations (visual, auditory, somatosensory) in adults with and without sensory loss. We tested people with unilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction (N = 12, mean age 62 range 23–78), or with Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss (USNHL, N = 9, 48, 22–82), or healthy controls (N = 21, 52, 28–80). Postural sway and head kinematics parameters (Directional Path in the anterior-posterior and medio-lateral directions (sway & head); pitch, yaw and roll (head) were analyzed in response to 2 levels of auditory (none, rhythmic sounds via headphones), visual (static, dynamic) and somatosensory cues (floor, foam) within a simulated, virtual 3-wall display of stars. We found no differences with the rhythmic auditory cues. The effect of foam was magnified in the vestibular group compared with controls for anterior-posterior and medio-lateral postural sway, and all head direction except for medio-lateral. The vestibular group had significantly larger anterior-posterior and medio-lateral postural sway and head movement on the static scene compared with controls. Differences in pitch, yaw and roll emerged between vestibular and controls only with sensory perturbations. The USNHL group did not increase their postural sway and head movement with the increased visual load as much as controls did, particularly when standing on the foam. They did not increase their medio-lateral sway with the foam as much as controls did. These findings suggest that individuals with USNHL employ a compensatory strategy of conscious control of balance, the functional implications of which need to be tested in future research. |
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spelling | pubmed-95760452022-10-18 Insight into postural control in unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular hypofunction Lubetzky, Anat V. Kelly, Jennifer L. Harel, Daphna Roginska, Agnieszka Hujsak, Bryan D. Wang, Zhu Perlin, Ken Cosetti, Maura PLoS One Research Article This pilot study aimed to identify postural strategies in response to sensory perturbations (visual, auditory, somatosensory) in adults with and without sensory loss. We tested people with unilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction (N = 12, mean age 62 range 23–78), or with Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss (USNHL, N = 9, 48, 22–82), or healthy controls (N = 21, 52, 28–80). Postural sway and head kinematics parameters (Directional Path in the anterior-posterior and medio-lateral directions (sway & head); pitch, yaw and roll (head) were analyzed in response to 2 levels of auditory (none, rhythmic sounds via headphones), visual (static, dynamic) and somatosensory cues (floor, foam) within a simulated, virtual 3-wall display of stars. We found no differences with the rhythmic auditory cues. The effect of foam was magnified in the vestibular group compared with controls for anterior-posterior and medio-lateral postural sway, and all head direction except for medio-lateral. The vestibular group had significantly larger anterior-posterior and medio-lateral postural sway and head movement on the static scene compared with controls. Differences in pitch, yaw and roll emerged between vestibular and controls only with sensory perturbations. The USNHL group did not increase their postural sway and head movement with the increased visual load as much as controls did, particularly when standing on the foam. They did not increase their medio-lateral sway with the foam as much as controls did. These findings suggest that individuals with USNHL employ a compensatory strategy of conscious control of balance, the functional implications of which need to be tested in future research. Public Library of Science 2022-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9576045/ /pubmed/36251683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276251 Text en © 2022 Lubetzky et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lubetzky, Anat V. Kelly, Jennifer L. Harel, Daphna Roginska, Agnieszka Hujsak, Bryan D. Wang, Zhu Perlin, Ken Cosetti, Maura Insight into postural control in unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular hypofunction |
title | Insight into postural control in unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular hypofunction |
title_full | Insight into postural control in unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular hypofunction |
title_fullStr | Insight into postural control in unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular hypofunction |
title_full_unstemmed | Insight into postural control in unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular hypofunction |
title_short | Insight into postural control in unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular hypofunction |
title_sort | insight into postural control in unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular hypofunction |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9576045/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36251683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276251 |
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