A Basic Study on Postural Control using of Moving Sound Image Stimulation

Abstract

The sense of equilibrium is produced by an integration of various senses. Therefore, the auditory sense may be also related to the sense of equilibrium in the same way as the visual sense. We hypothesized that sound stimulation might influence the sense of equilibrium the same as visual stimulation. Then, We studied the influence of sound stimulation on the sense of equilibrium. From the experimental results, it was found that the vection and the body sway for the subjects was affected by sound stimulation. This findings suggests how sound stimulation should be displayed to control the body sway in the case of virtual reality environment.