Training Approaches with Tactile Aids

Plant, Geoff

doi:10.1055/s-0028-1083735

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“…Given the results obtained in this study, consid eration should be given to factors that may have limited performance with the tactile information. Insufficient training and experience has been raised by many authors as a factor limiting performance with tactile devices (Galvin, Cowan, 8arant, Blarney, & Clark, 1993;Oller, 1995;Plant, 1995;Reed et aI., 1989). However, the above analysis found no increase in enhancement from the Tactaid 7 with further training and experience.…”

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A Comparison of Tactaid II and Tactaid 7 Use by Adults with a Profound Hearing Impairment

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The Tactaid II+ and the Tactaid 7 provided suprasegmental and segmental information, enabling the group to discriminate phonetic contrasts and improve their perception of some speech materials. No consistent advantage was found for either device, thought most subjects preferred the Tactaid 7. Alternatives likely to provide a greater benefit to communication should be considered before a Tactaid fitting.

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Multisensory Speech Perception of Young Children With Profound Hearing Loss

Kishon‐Rabin

Haras

Bergman

1997

J Speech Lang Hear Res

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The contribution of a two-channel vibrotactile aid (Trill VTA 2/3, AVR Communications LTD) to the audiovisual perception of speech was evaluated in four young children with profound hearing loss using words and speech pattern contrasts. An intensive, hierarchical, and systematic training program was provided. The results show that the addition of the tactile (T) modality to the auditory and visual (A+V) modalities enhanced speech perception performance significantly on all tests. Specifically, at the end of the training sessions, the tactile supplementation increased word recognition scores in a 44-word, closed-set task by 12 percentage points; detection of consonant in final position by 50 percentage points; detection of sibilant in final position by 30 percentage points; and detection of voicing in final position by 25 percentage points. Significant learning over time was evident for all test materials, in all modalities. As expected, fastest learning (i.e., smallest time constants) was found for the AVT condition. The results of this study provide further evidence that sensory information provided by the tactile modality can enhance speech perception in young children.

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Lipreading aid via the tongue

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Plant²,

Bach-y-Rita³

Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE Cat. No.0

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Training Approaches with Tactile Aids

Cited by 4 publications

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A Comparison of Tactaid II and Tactaid 7 Use by Adults with a Profound Hearing Impairment

A Comparison of Tactaid II and Tactaid 7 Use by Adults with a Profound Hearing Impairment

Multisensory Speech Perception of Young Children With Profound Hearing Loss

Lipreading aid via the tongue

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