Persons with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) can have mild to severe damage to their nervous system, usually affecting distal limbs first. Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy have decreased sensory information regarding body segment orientation, joint position, and joint angular movement therefore making gait a more demanding task when compared to a healthy person. The objective of this study was to develop a methodology to examine the attentional demands of gait in persons with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Ten subjects were categorized into two groups:​ 1) subjects with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (four) and 2) aged-matched controls (six). Response time and spatiotemporal parameters of gait were collected over three seated trials, ten walking trials, and three post walking trials. An auditory task was randomly presented during four of the ten walking trials. This methodology has the potential to evaluate the dual-task paradigm during walking. No significant findings were found in the small sample size used to develop the methodology, however.