The Level of Neuromuscular Coordination between Hearing Impairment Compared with the Healthy in Jordan

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of neuromuscular coordination among the hearing impaired in Jordan and to identify differences in levels of neuromuscular coordination of the hearing impaired according to the variables of health status and gender. The descriptive method was used for its suitability to the nature of the study and its objectives. The sample population consisted of 159 individuals from different schools who were asked to participate voluntarily (72 with hearing impairments and 87 healthy). To measure neuromuscular coordination, the researchers used a test that measured hand-eye coordination (the steadiness tester) made by Lafayette Instrument, model 32011. They analyzed the results of the study using standard deviation and t-tests. The results of the study showed statistically significant differences between the level of neuromuscular coordination of males and female and this was shown by the presence of statistical significance which was (p = 0.000) in the smallest hole (0.0625 inch). The results also showed that individuals with hearing impairments have superior neuromuscular coordination to healthy individuals. The study's main findings are that neuromuscular coordination of the hearing impaired is superior to that of healthy people; and that the neuromuscular coordination of females is superior to that of males. The researchers recommended employing the skills of the hearing impaired in sports requiring neuromuscular coordination (e.g. archery, darts, and billiards) because of the superior coordination of these individuals. They also recommended that gender differences be taken into account when designing training programs that depend on coordination and focus on motor skills.

Mutual correlations between regulation disorders of sensory processing (RDSP) in school-age children

“…Most likely, this is due to the important role of vision, proper muscle tone, and cortico-cerebellar cooperation in building hand-eye coordination [9]. According to other studies, the balance resulting from the proper functioning of the vestibular system is also important for the formation of coordination abilities [10] and rhythmization resulting from the correct processing of auditory stimuli [11,12].…”

Motor Coordination and Its Importance in Practicing Performance Movement

“…Coordination is achieved by triggering a motor program developed based on previously assimilated abilities (motor learning), and when presented with a new motor skill, a person learns the new motor program as a set of generalized rules or abstract representations of the basic movement model that can be applied to a variety of contexts [28]. Studies in the field show the importance of neuromuscular coordination in different human movements in general [29] and in learning and developing sports skills, performance movement, because coordination allows movements to be controlled and adjusted in real time to meet performance goals [30,31].…”

“…A coordinated activity becomes automatic through motor learning processes, although it can also be executed consciously [40]. The literature indicates a close relationship between coordination and balance, speed, agility, and force [30] but also between learning a movement by becoming aware of it to the degree of automatism and improving coordination in terms of speed, agility, force, direction, and reaction time [41]. At the same time, there is no relationship between coordination and resistance [42], and from the point of view of the best age at which it is possible to educate coordination, it is accepted that between 4 and 15 years, the increase in the level of coordination is the highest, given that the capacity of motor learning and spatial orientation evolve between 7 and 15 years, the acoustic and optical reaction capacity evolves between 8 and 10 years, the development of the rhythm reaches a peak around the age of 10, and the balance can be influenced from 8 years to around the age of 12 years [43].…”