Contest for devices to help deaf feel music
From: University of Michigan Alumnus - Late Fall 2008 - page 45
By: Nicole Casal Moore

The search is on for portable, wireless devices that would enable deaf or
hard-of-hearing people to experience live music by feeling sound waves. 

A U-M contest will award a total of $10,000 to teams of students who develop
the best prototypes. Contest designers say such devices could enhance the
experience of music for the hearing community as well. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.ur.umich.edu/0809/Sep22_08/05.php