Higgins Nathan C, Pupo Daniel A, Ozmeral Erol J, Eddins David A
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jun 28;14:1183303. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1183303. eCollection 2023.
Head position at any point in time plays a fundamental role in shaping the auditory information that reaches a listener, information that continuously changes as the head moves and reorients to different listening situations. The connection between hearing science and the kinesthetics of head movement has gained interest due to technological advances that have increased the feasibility of providing behavioral and biological feedback to assistive listening devices that can interpret movement patterns that reflect listening intent. Increasing evidence also shows that the negative impact of hearing deficits on mobility, gait, and balance may be mitigated by prosthetic hearing device intervention. Better understanding of the relationships between head movement, full body kinetics, and hearing health, should lead to improved signal processing strategies across a range of assistive and augmented hearing devices. The purpose of this review is to introduce the wider hearing community to the kinesiology of head movement and to place it in the context of hearing and communication with the goal of expanding the field of ecologically-specific listener behavior.
在任何时刻，头部位置对于塑造到达聆听者的听觉信息都起着至关重要的作用，随着头部移动并重新定向到不同的聆听情境，这些信息也在不断变化。由于技术进步提高了为辅助听力设备提供行为和生物反馈的可行性，而这些设备能够解读反映聆听意图的运动模式，因此听力科学与头部运动的动觉之间的联系已引起人们的关注。越来越多的证据还表明，通过佩戴助听器干预，听力缺陷对行动能力、步态和平衡的负面影响可能会得到缓解。更好地理解头部运动、全身动力学和听力健康之间的关系，应该会带来一系列辅助和增强听力设备的信号处理策略的改进。本综述的目的是向更广泛的听力领域介绍头部运动的运动学，并将其置于听力和交流的背景下，以扩大特定生态环境下聆听者行为的研究领域。
