Using touch to help deaf people
By Frontier India Pharmacetuicals News | February 27th, 2009 | Category: Medical Institution News | No Comments »Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone. Tactile devices, which translate sound waves into vibrations that can be felt by the skin, can help overcome that obstacle by conveying [...]
