Sensory Substitution Devices

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Sensory Substitution Devices
Laser cane
Tactile Visual Sensory Substitution (TVSS)
Tongue Display Unit (TDU)
Paul Bach-y-Rita
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Dot View KGS Corporation
Tactile shape and object perception
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The vOICe
http//www.seeingwithsound.com/voice.htm
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"The Rules" 1) Elevation frequency 2) Azimuth
stereo panning (inter-aural delay) 3)
Brightness loudness
hi
frequency
loudness
lo
hi
lo
time
left
right
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Object-Spatial Recognition Task
vs.
vs.
same object, same place
same object, different place
vs.
vs.
different object, same place
different object, different place
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DORSAL
VENTRAL
Amedi et al., 2005
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Audio Doom
Jaime Sanchez University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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Audio Doom
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Project Prakash
Pawan Sinha Professor MIT