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Effect of hearing aids on body balance function in non-reverberant condition: A posturographic study

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  • Chihiro Ninomiya
  • Harukazu Hiraumi
  • Kiyoshi Yonemoto
  • Hiroaki Sato

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of hearing aids on body balance function in a strictly controlled auditory environment. Methods: We recorded the findings of 10 experienced hearing aid users and 10 normal-hearing participants. All the participants were assessed using posturography under eight conditions in an acoustically shielded non-reverberant room: (1) eyes open with sound stimuli, with and without foam rubber, (2) eyes closed with sound stimuli, with and without foam rubber, (3) eyes open without sound stimuli, with and without foam rubber, and (4) eyes closed without sound stimuli, with and without foam rubber. Results: The auditory cue improved the total path area and sway velocity in both the hearing aid users and normal-hearing participants. The analysis of variance showed that the interaction among eye condition, sound condition, and between-group factor was significant in the maximum displacement of the center-of-pressure in the mediolateral axis (F [1, 18] = 6.19, p = 0.02). The maximum displacement of the center-of-pressure in the mediolateral axis improved with the auditory cues in the normal-hearing participants in the eyes closed condition (5.4 cm and 4.7 cm, p

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  • Chihiro Ninomiya & Harukazu Hiraumi & Kiyoshi Yonemoto & Hiroaki Sato, 2021. "Effect of hearing aids on body balance function in non-reverberant condition: A posturographic study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(10), pages 1-10, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0258590
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258590
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