Análise comparativa do equilíbrio postural entre indivíduos com e sem deficiência auditiva: um estudo preliminar

Abstract

This paper compared postural balance between young subjects with and without auditive deficiency by a controlled transversal study, whose sample was composed by a group of young healthy and sedentary male subject with 24  4.12 years old and body mass index of 24.35  3.09 and another group composed by sedentary and mute (eram surdos ou murdos?) male subjects with congenital neurossensorial auditive deficiency of severe and deep degrees and with 29  6.61 year sold and body mass index of 23.53  2.31. The center-of-pressure displacement was measured with a F-Mat pressure platform, model 3100 from F-Scan system with software version 4.2 (Tekscan, Inc., South Boston, MA), being measured total length path, anterior-posterior and medial-lateral displacement and average velocity. T test for independent samples did not find signficative differences statistical between group measures showed the individuals with neurossensorial auditive deficiency studied showed similar performance of postural steadiness related to without auditive deficiency group.