{"product_id":"tactile-aids-for-the-hearing-impaired-isbn-9781870332170","title":"Tactile Aids for the Hearing Impaired","description":"Tactile aids can offer a particularly cost-effective answer to the increasing demand for technical aids for the profoundly and totally deaf. This book covers the design of tactile aids - single and multichannel - and the ways in which they may benefit the hearing impaired.  \u003cp\u003eAuthors from Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA have contributed chapters, and among the topics they cover are: fundamentals of vibrotactile and electrotactile perception; signal processing strategies; tactile coding (including synthetic Tadoma); choice of subjects and subject training; evaluation of tactile aids and comparison with cochlear implants; and communication for the deaf-blind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book should provide a useful reference for those who work with the profoundly deaf, students and others with interests in the perception of speech and environmental sound.\u003c\/p\u003e  Foreword.  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Perception via the sense of touch (Ronald T. Verrillo and George A. Gescheider).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Electrical stimulation of the skin (Brian H. Brown and John C. Stevens).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. The design of vibrotactile trasducers (Roger W. Cholewiak and Michael Wollowitz).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Communication of the acoustic environment via tactile stimuli (Janet M. Weisenberger).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Signal processing strategies for single-channel systems (Ian R. Summers).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Signal processing strategies for multichannel systems (James L. Mason and Barrie J. Frost).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. The selection and training of tactile aid users (Geoff Plant).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. The evaluation of tactiles aids (Lynne E. Bernstein).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. The potential benefit and cost-effectiveness of tactile devices in comparison with cochlear implants (Peter J. Blamey and Robert S.C. Cowan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Natural methods of tactual communication (Charlotte M. Reed, Nathaniel I. Durlach and Lorraine A. Delhorne).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. A comparative trial of four vibrotactile aids (A. Roger D. Thornton and Andrew J. Phillips).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIan R. Summers is the author of Tactile Aids for the Hearing Impaired, published by Wiley.   Tactile aids can offer a particularly cost-effective answer to the increasing demand for technical aids for the profoundly and totally deaf. This book covers the design of tactile aids - single and multichannel - and the ways in which they may benefit the hearing impaired.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthors from Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA have contributed chapters, and among the topics they cover are: fundamentals of vibrotactile and electrotactile perception; signal processing strategies; tactile coding (including synthetic Tadoma); choice of subjects and subject training; evaluation of tactile aids and comparison with cochlear implants; and communication for the deaf-blind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book should provide a useful reference for those who work with the profoundly deaf, students and others with interests in the perception of speech and environmental sound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990127362277,"sku":"NP9781870332170","price":146.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781870332170.jpg?v=1761786618","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/tactile-aids-for-the-hearing-impaired-isbn-9781870332170","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}