ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2020
Walking With Ears: Altered Auditory Feedback Impacts Gait Step Length in Older Adults.
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- A systematic review of human odometry.Psychological research · 2024Pooled it
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- Impact of Different Occupational Noises on Static and Dynamic Postural Stability in Healthy Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The Effect of Hearing Aid Amplification on Gait Parameters: A Pilot Study Using Ear-Worn Motion Sensors.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Sensorimotor perturbation-induced cortical responses by a novel PES system: analysis of the N1 component in healthy adults and Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Auditory cortex ensembles jointly encode sound and locomotion speed to support sound perception during movement.PLoS biology · 2023Article
- Head movement and its relation to hearing.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Altered gait parameters in distracted walking: a bio-evolutionary and prognostic health perspective on passive listening and active responding during cell phone use.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2023Article
- The Short-Term Effects of Rhythmic Vibrotactile and Auditory Biofeedback on the Gait of Individuals After Weight-Induced Asymmetry.Canadian prosthetics & orthotics journal · 2022Article
- A Wearable Biofeedback Device to Increase Gait Swing Time Could Have Positive Effects on Gait among Older Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Association of Age-Related Hearing Impairment With Physical Functioning Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the US.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Hearing Loss Is Associated with Increased Variability in Double Support Period in the Elderly.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- Wearable Biofeedback System to Induce Desired Walking Speed in Overground Gait Training.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Auditory feedback may provide the nervous system with valuable temporal (e. g., footstep sounds) and spatial (e.g., external reference sounds) information that can assist in the control of upright walking. As such, hearing loss may directly contribute to declines in mobility among older adults. Our purpose was to examine the impact of auditory feedback on the control of walking in older adults. Twenty older adults (65-86 years) with no diagnosed hearing loss walked on a treadmill for three sound conditions: Baseline, Ear Plugs, and White Noise. We hypothesized that in response to reduced temporal auditory feedback during the Ear Plugs and White Noise conditions, participants would adapt shorter and faster steps that are traditionally believed to increase mechanical stability. This hypothesis was not supported. Interestingly, we observed increases in step length (
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