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Vibrotactile support: initial effects on visual speech perception

B Lyxell1, J Rönnberg, J Andersson

  • 1Department of Education and Psychology, Linköping University, Sweden.

Scandinavian Audiology
|January 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Vibrotactile support did not immediately improve speech perception for all. However, it enhanced speechreading for less skilled individuals while hindering skilled users, suggesting interference with automaticity.

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Area of Science:

  • Auditory Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Speech Science

Background:

  • Speech perception is crucial for communication.
  • Vibrotactile support is an emerging technology to aid individuals with hearing impairments.
  • Understanding the immediate effects of vibrotactile feedback on speechreading is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the initial effects of vibrotactile support on speech perception.
  • To determine if vibrotactile information benefits individuals with acquired deafness and normal hearing.
  • To explore the impact of tactile information on skilled versus less skilled speechreaders.

Main Methods:

  • Thirty-two participants (16 with acquired deafness, 16 with normal hearing) were recruited.
  • Speech perception was assessed using word-discrimination and word-decoding tests under visual-only and visual-tactile conditions.

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  • Participants were categorized as Skilled or Less Skilled based on visual performance.

    • Main Results:

    • No overall immediate improvement in speech perception was observed across all tests.
    • Skilled speechreaders' performance deteriorated with vibrotactile support.
    • Less Skilled speechreaders showed improved performance in word-discrimination and word-decoding tasks with tactile input.

    Conclusions:

    • Tactile information can interfere with the automaticity of speechreading for skilled individuals.
    • Vibrotactile support may benefit less skilled speechreaders by providing additional sensory input.
    • Similarities exist between visual and tactile speechreading, impacting sentence-level comprehension.