Analyzing, Comparing and contrasting Tactile-to-Vision Sensory, Tongue Display, Abdominal skin, and Visual-to-Auditory Devices: A Holistic Reference for People Who Need to Find a Suitable Device

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10.2991/assehr.k.220401.142How to use a DOI?

Keywords

sensory; substitution; device; compare; review

Abstract

In addressing the issue of visual impairments, sensory substitution techniques are employed to develop varies devices, aiming to compensate and regain the blind population some degrees of visual functions. Based on the sufficient research over the decades on neuroplasticity, specifically the compensatory plasticity, the mere ideas about these devices were turned into reality. The blinds are exposed to varies types of devices to compensate for their lost vision. This is a holistic view that guides their choices are absent. The current literary review has analyzed sensory substitution devices (SSDs) that utilize 2 sensory modalities (auditory and tactile), where 3 types of devices are discussed in total (tongue display unit, devices for abdominal skin, and visual-to-auditory devices). A comparison and contrast of these devices are presented. Overall, due to the lack of empirical evidence and data of the users’ experiences of these devices, the current comparison is very limited and is mostly deductive. Therefore, future studies should be providing more user data and experiences to fill this gap for such comparison and, in turn, provide the blinds effective guidelines to make suitable choices in terms of their situations.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ziya Chen
AU  - Shucheng Jia
AU  - Anqiao Cai
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/08
TI  - Analyzing, Comparing and contrasting Tactile-to-Vision Sensory, Tongue Display, Abdominal skin, and Visual-to-Auditory Devices: A Holistic Reference for People Who Need to Find a Suitable Device
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 744
EP  - 748
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220401.142
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220401.142
ID  - Chen2022
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