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Issue title: Annual Meeting of the German Audiology &Neurotology Group (ADANO), Berlin, Germany, September 29 – October 1,2005
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Danilov, Y.P.a; * | Tyler, M.E.a | Skinner, K.L.b | Hogle, R.A.b | Bach-y-Rita, P.a; b
Affiliations: [a] Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USA | [b] Wicab, Inc., Middleton, WI 53562, USA
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Y.P. Danilov, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Tel.: +1 608 263 9359; E-mail: ydanilov@wisc.edu
Abstract: Vestibular dysfunction of either central or peripheral origin can significantly affect balance, posture, and gait. We conducted a pilot study to test the effectiveness of training with the BrainPort® balance device in subjects with a balance dysfunction due to peripheral or central vestibular loss. The BrainPort® balance device transmits information about the patient's head position via electrotactile stimulation of the tongue. Head position data is sensed by an accelerometer and displayed on the tongue as a pattern of stimulation. This pattern of stimulation moves forward, backward, and laterally on the tongue in direct response to head movements. Users of the device were trained to use this stimulation to adjust their position in order to maintain their balance. Twenty-eight subjects with peripheral or central vestibular loss were trained with the BrainPort balance device and tested using the following standardized quantitative measurements of the treatment effects: Computerized Dynamic Posturography (CDP) using the Sensory Organization Test (SOT), Dynamic Gait Index (DGI), Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), and Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI). All subjects had chronic balance problems and all but one had previously participated in vestibular rehabilitation therapy. The scores on the clinical tests upon entry into the study were compared to their scores following training with the BrainPort balance device. Our results exhibit consistent positive and statistically significant improvements in balance, posture and gait. These results exceed what could normally be achieved in three to five days of traditional balance training alone. Since this was not a controlled study, we are unable to distinguish the degree to which these improvements are attributable to training with the BrainPort balance device versus the balance exercises performed by all subjects as a part of the BrainPort training sessions. Nonetheless, after training with the BrainPort balance device, all subjects demonstrated significant improvements in performance beyond what might be expected from conventional vestibular rehabilitation therapy.
Keywords: Vestibular rehabilitation, peripheral vestibular, central vestibular, electrotactile stimulation, biofeedback, sensory substitution, balance
DOI: 10.3233/VES-2007-172-307
Journal: Journal of Vestibular Research, vol. 17, no. 2-3, pp. 119-130, 2007
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