Hearing Vest: Using the sense of touch to replace hearing
From: ABC30 Action News - 08/31/2016
By: Margot Kim

Using the sense of touch to replace the sense of hearing sounds like science
fiction, but it's very much a reality and it could be a game-changer for the
profoundly deaf. It started out as the doctorate project of Scott Novich in
the lab of neuroscientist and best-selling author David Eagleman. The goal
was to create a vest that allows the deaf to feel speech.

Read the entire article and view a video (1:55) at:
http://abc30.com/health/hearing-vest-using-the-sense-of-touch-to-replace-hearing/1493202

Links:
Listen with Your Skin - Popular Science - Sep/Oct 2016 - page 86
https://issuu.com/min-mag/docs/popular_science_-_september-october

Sensory Substitution (with videos 20:34, 2:53)
http://www.eagleman.com/research/sensory-substitution

David Eagleman: Can we create new senses for humans? (with video 20:34)
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans?language=en