Abstract

Auditory evoked brain potentials (AEP) were recorded from 9 healthy males during sinusoidal whole-body vibration (WBV) in the longitudinal (±a z) direction with 0.6 Hz, 1.85 ms -2rms (F1), 1.01 Hz, 4.27 ms -2rms (F2) and without WBV (F3) under 3 visual conditions—homogenous bright visual field (B), normal vision (N), and complete darkness (D). The sequences of the different experimental conditions were arranged according to a 9 x 9 Latin Square design. A subtraction technique was used to eliminate vibration-synchronous activity from the EEG. The N1 and N1P2 amplitudes decreased during F1 and F2, compared to F3. The latencies of N1 and P2 increased during F1 and F2. The effects of F1 and F2 did not differ. The visual conditions exhibited no systematic effect on the AEP. The results suggest (1) F1 and F2 to be equivalent exposure conditions and (2) the dominance of vestibular-auditory interactions, compared with visual-auditory ones.

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