A User-Centered Approach to Artificial Sensory Substitution for Blind People Assistance

2021 ◽  
pp. 599-603
Author(s):  
Federica Barontini ◽  
Gemma Carolina Bettelani ◽  
Barbara Leporini ◽  
Giuseppe Averta ◽  
Matteo Bianchi
2014 ◽  
Vol Volume 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hervé Segond ◽  
Stéphane Maris ◽  
Yves Desnos ◽  
Perrine Belusso

Our research focuses on perceptual and cognitive mechanisms involved in learning procedures in order to develop and validate innovating technologies in the field of health for blind people through the implementation of an embarked version of a Tactile Vision Sensory Substitution device (TVSS) with wireless connections between the three TVSS components (micro camera, coupling system and matrix of tactile stimulators), aesthetically acceptable and allowing an ecological use. Such a device could allow prevention of developmental disorders in blind infants, autonomy for blind people in everyday life (thanks to the implementation of a Human Machine Interface allowing connections between the embarked TVSS device and a Personal Computer with a software development presenting a 3D numerization of the subject's urban environment). A new perspective is proposed in favor of innovating taking care programs for autistic people. The main goal of this project is to allow disabled people to benefit from the scientifically demonstrated efficacy of TVSS devices.


Author(s):  
Sarah Hillenbrand ◽  
Dina Raveh ◽  
Amir Amedi

We discuss how sensory substitution devices (SSDs) can be used to study the organization of the brain. To do so we look at the use of SSDs in the blind and how SSDs can be used to identify sensory-dependent and sensory-independent brain function. Cross-modal interactions may represent new patterns of connectivity or the unmasking of pre-existing associations. We show how the blind brain can be a window into cross-modal plasticity and can dissociate intrinsic and experience-dependent brain functions. We argue that the brain is a sensory-independent task machine and explain the implications for the rehabilitation of blind people.


Author(s):  
Roger Gagnon ◽  
Jason Laberge ◽  
Allison Lamsdale ◽  
Jonathan Histon ◽  
Carl Hudson ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sela ◽  
Y. Auerbach ◽  
Z. Straucher ◽  
M. Rogachov ◽  
O. Klimer ◽  
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