Most of us assume deaf people ca n’t record sound , let alone enjoy Rachmaninoff . unseasonable . A conceptual gadget from German designer Frederik Podzuweit taps into the deaf ’s ability to find music .
Most of us assume deaf people ca n’t register speech sound , let alone love Rachmaninoff . incorrect . A conceptual devicefrom German designer Frederik Podzuweit taps into the deaf ’s ability to feel music .
Music for Deaf People is a collar that converts auditory input into trembling , triggering thesame strait - serve brain regionsin those with full listening . So instead of listening through your ear , you effectively listen through your pelt . The collar has a exceptional membrane substance , which responds to electrical energy , dispatching the vibrations of whatever you ’re playing — be it Sinatra or Sepultura — to your cervix , shoulders , and clavicle . Adjustable , it fits snugly around your neck so you could theoretically wear it jogging or at the gym — never mind that it looks like something straight out of a Stormtrooper ’s water closet . ( grind credibly recall that ’s a good affair . )
To the uninitiated , it might seem like a failure , a superfluous gizmo release to the annals ofair - condition T - shirtsandShamWow!Why would deafen masses need to “ try ” music ? The answer , of class , is for the same reason everyone else does : medicine is one of life ’s enduring pleasure .
There ’s a lot of fascinating research into how indifferent people experience music . Researchers at Ryerson Universitydesigned a electric chair that transmits musical vibrations along the back , sprain sound into a form of multi - sensory cheesecake . One person described it likethis : “ The first time I used the death chair , I was fluff off by the amount of information I could get about music from the vibration . For the first fourth dimension in my life , I could feel lamentable or glad because of how the euphony shakiness felt on my cutis . I never mat those kinds of feelings before when music was played . ”
It ’s even possible , in certain casing , that deaf people experience music more powerfully because they ca n’t hear ; as Oliver Sacks tells it inMusicophilia , the auditory cortex might become superfluous - sensitive when hearing slips . Beethoven , you ’ll recall , was altogether deaf when he composed his dazzling Symphony No . 9 .
The main drawback we see in Music for Deaf People is that the collar seems terribly uncomfortable . On red-hot 24-hour interval , a big hunk of charge plate is the last affair you want around your neck . Would the conception work just as well around your wrist or your bicep ? If anyone has any melodic theme , we ’re all , um , ear .
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