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A field evaluation was conducted in a classroom for profoundly deaf children, to determine the effects upon speech production of experience with a tactile sensory aid. The aid displays sound frequencies as touch patterns on a belt worn around the abdomen.
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The research described here was supported by the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke NS09714, the National Institute of Handicapped Research, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Foundation, and the USPHS Biomedical Research Support Grant of the Institutes of Medical Sciences.
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Saunders, F.A., Hill, W.A. & Franklin, B. A wearable tactile sensory aid for profoundly deaf children. J Med Syst 5, 265–270 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02222144
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