Is there a future for sensory substitution outside academic laboratories?
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Sensory substitution devices (SSDs) have been developed with the ultimate purpose of supporting sensory deprived individuals in their daily activities. However, more than forty years after their first appearance in the scientific literature, SSDs still remain more common in research laboratories than in the daily life of people with sensory deprivation. Here, we seek to identify the reasons behind the limited diffusion of SSDs among the blind community by discussing the ergonomic, neurocognitive and psychosocial issues potentially associated with the use of these systems. We stress that these issues should be considered together when developing future devices or improving existing ones. We provide some examples of how to achieve this by adopting a multidisciplinary and participatory approach. These efforts would contribute not solely to address fundamental theoretical research questions, but also to better understand the everyday needs of blind people and eventually promote the use of SSDs outside laboratories.
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Ease of use, comfort level, mobility and appearance need to be seriously considered if the blind are to be expected to use a particular device.
“Ease of use, comfort level, mobility and appearance need to be seriously considered if the blind are to be expected to use a particular device (Dakopolous & Bourbakis, 2010; Elli et al., 2014; Shull & Damian, 2015).”
From Designing sensory-substitution devices: Principles, pitfalls and potential1 (2016) · cites this paper as Elli et al., 2014
Neglect of matching information to perceptual channels may have prevented the usability of previous sensory substitution devices.
“Neglect of this important point may have prevented the usability of previous SSDs (see e.g. Elli et al., 2014).”
From Designing sensory-substitution devices: Principles, pitfalls and potential1 (2016) · cites this paper as Elli et al., 2014
Sensory substitution devices are still not in widespread use.
“such devices are still not in widespread use (Elli, Benetti & Collignon 2014).”
From Designing sensory-substitution devices: Principles, pitfalls and potential1 (2016) · cites this paper as Elli, Benetti & Collignon 2014
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- Authors
- Elli, G. V., Benetti, S., & Collignon, O.
- Affiliations
- University of Trento (IT)
- Venue
- Multisensory Research
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2014
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 5-6
- Pages
- 271-291
- ISSN
- 2213-4794 (ISSN-L)
- 2213-4808
- OpenAlex
- W2001422711
- Cited by
- 90
- References
- 113
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Multisensory Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Libraries (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Iris (University of Trento) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Keywords
- sensory substitution devices, blindness, sensory deprivation, technology adoption, assistive technology, human factors, psychosocial aspects, participatory design, multidisciplinary design, everyday use
- MeSH terms
- Auditory Perception, Blindness, Humans, Ergonomics, Sensory Deprivation, Touch Perception
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