Augmenting perception: How artificial intelligence transforms sensory substitution
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DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2022.103280
Abstract: What happens when artificial sensors are coupled with the human senses? Using technology to extend the senses is an old human dream, on which sensory substitution and other augmentation technologies have already delivered. Laser tactile… read more here.
Keywords: augmenting perception; sensory substitution; substitution; intelligence transforms ... See more keywords
Topographic maps and neural tuning for sensory substitution dimensions learned in adulthood in a congenital blind subject
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118029
Abstract: Topographic maps, a key principle of brain organization, emerge during development. It remains unclear, however, whether topographic maps can represent a new sensory experience learned in adulthood. MaMe, a congenitally blind individual, has been extensively… read more here.
Keywords: tuning sensory; learned adulthood; sensory substitution; maps neural ... See more keywords
Congenitally blind adults can learn to identify face-shapes via auditory sensory substitution and successfully generalize some of the learned features
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08187-z
Abstract: Unlike sighted individuals, congenitally blind individuals have little to no experience with face shapes. Instead, they rely on non-shape cues, such as voices, to perform character identification. The extent to which face-shape perception can be… read more here.
Keywords: face; face shapes; auditory sensory; sensory substitution ... See more keywords
Exploration of a novel physical therapy protocol that uses a sensory substitution device to improve the standing postural balance of children with balance disorders.
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DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2020.1786869
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To explore if an intensive balance training protocol that incorporated the BrainPort sensory substitution device improves the standing postural balance of children with balance disorders. METHODS Eight children with balance disorders received 8-weeks of… read more here.
Keywords: balance disorders; sensory substitution; substitution device; children balance ... See more keywords
Haptic-assistive technologies for audition and vision sensory disabilities
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DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2017.1385100
Abstract: Abstract Purpose: The aim of this review is to analyze haptic sensory substitution technologies for deaf, blind and deaf–blind individuals. Method: The literature search has been performed in Scopus, PubMed and Google Scholar databases using… read more here.
Keywords: sensory disabilities; haptic assistive; sensory substitution; assistive technologies ... See more keywords
Hotel stays of individuals with a visual impairment: a qualitative study with a focus on sensory substitution
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DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2025.2511982
Abstract: Abstract Sensory substitution devices (SSDs) hold the potential to assist individuals with a visual impairment with actions such as navigation and orientation. Even so, SSDs are not frequently used in everyday life. The lack of… read more here.
Keywords: navigation; visual impairment; sensory substitution; individuals visual ... See more keywords
Deep Learning-Based Optimization of Visual–Auditory Sensory Substitution
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2023.3243641
Abstract: Visual–auditory sensory substitution systems can aid visually impaired people in traveling to various places and recognizing their own environments without help from others. Although several such systems have been developed, they are either not widely… read more here.
Keywords: sensory substitution; substitution; auditory sensory; deep learning ... See more keywords
ThermalSense: A Sensory Substitution System for Enabling Perception of Thermal Information
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DOI: 10.1145/3733048
Abstract: We present the development process, design considerations and generalized system engineering for the ThermalSense sensory substitution system. The system utilizes visual-to-auditory sensory substitution to convey thermal properties through auditory cues. In an online proof of… read more here.
Keywords: system; perception; thermal information; sensory substitution ... See more keywords
Sensory substitution: The affordance of passability, body-scaled perception, and exploratory movements
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213342
Abstract: The theory of affordances states that perception is of environmental properties that are relevant to action-capabilities of perceivers. The present study illustrates how concepts and methodological tools from the theory of affordances may help to… read more here.
Keywords: body scaled; exploratory movements; sensory substitution; perception ... See more keywords
Cross-modal correspondence enhances elevation localization in visual-to-auditory sensory substitution
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1079998
Abstract: Introduction Visual-to-auditory sensory substitution devices are assistive devices for the blind that convert visual images into auditory images (or soundscapes) by mapping visual features with acoustic cues. To convey spatial information with sounds, several sensory… read more here.
Keywords: sensory substitution; cross modal; auditory sensory; elevation ... See more keywords