Abstract
This paper presents a preliminary experiment with the influence of sound distraction on a vigilance test planned for rehabilitation of hemispatial neglect.
The experiment included five similar but not identical vigilance tasks that were performed on a laptop computer by 10 healthy, right-handed participants. Participants responded to the tasks by clicking the mouse. During the task performance they were wearing headphones over which four different sounds were played, whereas the fifth task acted as a control task without an audio track.
A drilling sound improved performance whereas a conversation impaired performance in the vigilance task. The preliminary data can direct the development of the vigilance task.
The experiment included five similar but not identical vigilance tasks that were performed on a laptop computer by 10 healthy, right-handed participants. Participants responded to the tasks by clicking the mouse. During the task performance they were wearing headphones over which four different sounds were played, whereas the fifth task acted as a control task without an audio track.
A drilling sound improved performance whereas a conversation impaired performance in the vigilance task. The preliminary data can direct the development of the vigilance task.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The 15th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME 2013); Singapore; December 4-7, 2013 |
| Editors | James Goh |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 940-943 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-02913-9 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-02912-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
Publication series
| Name | IFMBE proceedings |
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| Volume | 43 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1680-0737 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1433-9277 |
Keywords
- audio distraction
- stroke rehabilitation
- vigilance test