June 2022 – Physical Therapy Sensorimotor Lab

A Sound Assessment of Dynamic Balance

May 2022: Agnieszka Rogniska (Music Tech), Daphna Harel (Applied Stats) and Anat Lubetzky received the NYU Steinhardt Music and Audio…

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Balance is vital: establishing clinical reference data with smartphone accelerometry.

August 2021: Elizabeth Coker (NYU, Tisch, PI) and Anat Lubetzky (Co-I) received a pilot award fro the Center for Smart…

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The XXXI Barany Society Meeting, May 2022, Madrid Spain

Dr. Lubetzky and Dr. Kelly presented some of the lab’s work at the XXXI Barany Society Meeting, in Madrid, Spain,…

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More than 1/3 of adults in the United States seek medical attention for vestibular disorders and hearing loss; disorders that can triple one’s fall risk and have a profound effect on one’s participation in activities of daily living.

Hearing loss has been shown to reduce balance performance and could be one modifiable risk factor for falls. Patients with vestibular hypofunction tend to avoid busy, hectic, visually complex, and loud environments because these environments provoke dizziness and imbalance.

While the visual impact on balance is well known, less is known about the importance of sounds for balance. Our research is designed to explain the relationship between what we hear and balance control and why some people with hearing loss may have a balance problem.

Our group uses recent advances in virtual reality technology and developed a Head Mounted Display (HMD) protocol of immersive environments, combining specific manipulations of visuals and sounds to answer these questions.