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Electrotactile and vibrotactile displays for sensory substitution systemsSensory substitution systems provide their users with environmental information through a human sensory channel (eye, ear, or skin) different from that normally used or with the information processed in some useful way. The authors review the methods used to present visual, auditory, and modified tactile information to the skin and discuss present and potential future applications of sensory substitution, including tactile vision substitution (TVS), tactile auditory substitution, and remote tactile sensing or feedback (teletouch). The relevant sensory physiology of the skin, including the mechanisms of normal touch and the mechanisms and sensations associated with electrical stimulation of the skin using surface electrodes (electrotactile, or electrocutaneous, stimulation), is reviewed. The information-processing ability of the tactile sense and its relevance to sensory substitution is briefly summarized. The limitations of current tactile display technologies are discussed.
Document ID
19910047673
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Kaczmarek, Kurt A.
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Webster, John G.
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Bach-Y-rita, Paul
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Tompkins, Willis J.
(Wisconsin, University Madison, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Volume: 38
ISSN: 0018-9294
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Accession Number
91A32296
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NIH-NS-26328
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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