attempts to each stimuli, with a 4-minute interval in between. Each stimuli-testing procedure was executed on different days. RT to AS type of stimuli, evaluated.
“Hearing Impaired” and “Non-Hearing Impaired” athletes: We can sprint together! P. Barmparigos, P. Argeitaki, G. Paradisis, E. Zaharogiannis, G. Tsigganos, A. Smirniotou Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Introduction Hearing impaired (HI) and non-hearing impaired (NHI) track and field athletes do not participate in the same competitions. Auditory stimuli, tone and voice commands, used in the competitions for the NHI athletes, cannot be processed and controlled by HI athletes. What would happen if we used stimuli that produce the same level of comprehension in both categories of athletes? A pilot study was conducted aiming to examine if HI and NHI athletes can compete evenly in the same track event.
Results The best RT value for both groups was achieved with the VS (110ms.). HI and NHI athletes demonstrated better RT with AS (382±234ms, p
