How the Deaf Experience Music--Then and Now
When you think of experiencing music, what comes to mind? The rhythm, cadence, beat, pitch—the sound.
While hearing people can listen to music, the deaf and hard of hearing take in music a different way: by feeling it. All sound is vibration after all. To help the deaf experience music more fully, technologists have been experimenting with innovations like wearables that translate the sound of music into full-body vibration. This technology is inspired by the Deaf community and “deafness” many levels. |
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