Effects of body position and vision on speech understanding
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Dorsey, Erica M. and Kayla Stone (2010). Effects of body position and vision on speech understanding. -- In Proceedings: 6th Annual Symposium: Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University, p. 99-100
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Twenty-four young adults with normal hearing, vision and balance completed the BKN-SIN Test under four conditions: Sitting versus standing with eyes open versus blindfolded. Subjects’ SNR-50 scores did not differ significantly among conditions; however, subjects rated listening as significantly easier when sitting with eyes closed than standing with eyes open. This normative research is the first of several inter-modality studies at our laboratory addressing effects of body position and balance on speech understanding.
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Research completed at the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Health Professions