Tactile Aids for the Hearing ImpairedISBN: 978-1-870332-17-0
Paperback
272 pages
April 1992
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Preface.
List of contributors.
Chapter 1. Perception via the sense of touch (Ronald T. Verrillo and George A. Gescheider).
Chapter 2. Electrical stimulation of the skin (Brian H. Brown and John C. Stevens).
Chapter 3. The design of vibrotactile trasducers (Roger W. Cholewiak and Michael Wollowitz).
Chapter 4. Communication of the acoustic environment via tactile stimuli (Janet M. Weisenberger).
Chapter 5. Signal processing strategies for single-channel systems (Ian R. Summers).
Chapter 6. Signal processing strategies for multichannel systems (James L. Mason and Barrie J. Frost).
Chapter 7. The selection and training of tactile aid users (Geoff Plant).
Chapter 8. The evaluation of tactiles aids (Lynne E. Bernstein).
Chapter 9. The potential benefit and cost-effectiveness of tactile devices in comparison with cochlear implants (Peter J. Blamey and Robert S.C. Cowan).
Chapter 10. Natural methods of tactual communication (Charlotte M. Reed, Nathaniel I. Durlach and Lorraine A. Delhorne).
Chapter 11. A comparative trial of four vibrotactile aids (A. Roger D. Thornton and Andrew J. Phillips).
Index.