Trial reportScientific reports2019
Audio motor training improves mobility and spatial cognition in visually impaired children.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06334614 (iReach), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers.
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iReach: a Novel Medical Device for Early Intervention for Visually Impaired Infants.
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed.
- EMG-based vibro-tactile biofeedback training: effective learning accelerator for children and adolescents with dystonia? A pilot crossover trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2019Trial
- Theoretical framework of the neuro and psychomotor therapist for developmental age: an Italian perspective for paediatric rehabilitation of neurodevelopmental disabilities.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Autonomy in children and adolescents with visual impairment: Validation of the Visual Impairment Developmental Autonomy scale.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2025Article
- Postural stability and optic flow sensitivity following sight restoration from congenital bilateral cataracts.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- iReach: new multisensory technology for early intervention in infants with visual impairments.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Happy new ears: Rapid adaptation to novel spectral cues in vertical sound localization.iScience · 2024Article
- Young adults and multisensory time perception: Visual and auditory pathways in comparison.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2024Article
- Multisensory training improves the development of spatial cognition after sight restoration from congenital cataracts.iScience · 2024Article
- Spatial hearing training in virtual reality with simulated asymmetric hearing loss.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Research on immersive interaction design based on visual and tactile feature analysis of visually impaired children.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Auditory-motor adaptation: induction of a lateral shift in sound localization after biased immersive virtual reality training.Frontiers in cognition · 2024Article
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- Vision-related tasks in children with visual impairment: a multi-method study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Clinical assessment of the TechArm system on visually impaired and blind children during uni- and multi-sensory perception tasks.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Survey on Psychological Well-Being and Quality of Life in Visually Impaired Individuals: Dancesport vs. Other Sound Input-Based Sports.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Topo-Speech sensory substitution system as a method of conveying spatial information to the blind and vision impaired.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Multisensory spatial perception in visually impaired infants.Current biology : CB · 2021Article
- Clinical profile and error of inclusion and exclusion in schools for the blind in Bangalore and a review of literature.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2021Review
- Multisensory perception in Argus II retinal prosthesis patients: Leveraging auditory-visual mappings to enhance prosthesis outcomes.Vision research · 2021Article
- Standardized and Experimental Tools to Assess Spatial Cognition in Visually Impaired Children: A Mini-Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Review
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8 authors.
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Abstract
Since it has been demonstrated that spatial cognition can be affected in visually impaired children, training strategies that exploit the plasticity of the human brain should be early adopted. Here we developed and tested a new training protocol based on the reinforcement of audio-motor associations and thus supporting spatial development in visually impaired children. The study involved forty-four visually impaired children aged 6-17 years old assigned to an experimental (ABBI training) or a control (classical training) rehabilitation conditions. The experimental training group followed an intensive but entertaining rehabilitation for twelve weeks during which they performed ad-hoc developed audio-spatial exercises with the Audio Bracelet for Blind Interaction (ABBI). A battery of spatial tests administered before and after the training indicated that children significantly improved in almost all the spatial aspects considered, while the control group didn't show any improvement. These results confirm that perceptual development in the case of blindness can be enhanced with naturally associated auditory feedbacks to body movements. Therefore the early introduction of a tailored audio-motor training could potentially prevent spatial developmental delays in visually impaired children.
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