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Initial findings with a wearable multichannel vibrotactile aid
M J Osberger1, A M Robbins, S L Todd
1Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Riley Hospital, Indianapolis 46202.
The American Journal of Otology
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Data are presented on the speech perception performance of two profoundly hearing-impaired subjects while using a two-channel vibrotactile aid (Tactaid II) or a new, seven-channel instrument. Both subjects, one a profoundly hearing-impaired teenager and one a postlingually deaf adult, are experienced users of tactile aids. The data suggest better recognition of speech features, words, environmental sounds, and enhancement of lipreading skills with the new multichannel instrument than with the two-channel device.