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Effects of prism adaptation on auditory spatial attention in patients with left unilateral spatial neglect: a non-randomized pilot trial
- Source :
- International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation. 43(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- A short period of adaptation to a prismatic shift of the visual field to the right briefly but significantly improves left unilateral spatial neglect. Additionally, prism adaptation affects multiple modalities, including processes of vision, auditory spatial attention, and sound localization. This non-randomized, single-center, controlled trial aimed to examine the immediate effects of prism adaptation on the sound-localization abilities of patients with left unilateral spatial neglect using a simple source localization test. Subjects were divided by self-allocation into a prism-adaptation group (n = 11) and a control group (n = 12). At baseline, patients with left unilateral spatial neglect showed a rightward deviation tendency in the left space. This tendency to right-sided bias in the left space was attenuated after prism adaptation. However, no changes were observed in the right space of patients with left unilateral spatial neglect after prism adaptation, or in the control group. Our results suggest that prism adaptation improves not only vision and proprioception but also auditory attention in the left space of patients with left unilateral spatial neglect. Our findings demonstrate that a single session of prism adaptation can significantly improve sound localization in patients with left unilateral spatial neglect. However, in this study, it was not possible to accurately determine whether the mechanism was a chronic change in head orientation or a readjustment of the spatial representation of the brain; thus, further studies need to be considered.
- Subjects :
- Sound localization
Male
030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Adaptation (eye)
Pilot Projects
Audiology
Functional Laterality
Perceptual Disorders
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Orientation (mental)
medicine
Humans
In patient
Sound Localization
Orientation, Spatial
Unilateral spatial neglect
Proprioception
Rehabilitation
Middle Aged
Adaptation, Physiological
eye diseases
Visual field
Acoustic Stimulation
Female
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Prism adaptation
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Photic Stimulation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14735660
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e473ae2d2b743a441fc3da36a8c6d2cc