Shape detection beyond the visual field using a visual-to-auditory sensory augmentation device.

ABSTRACT: Current advancements in both technology and science allow us to manipulate our sensory modalities in new and unexpected ways. In the present study, we explore the potential of expanding what we perceive through our natural senses by utilizing a visual-to-auditory sensory substitution device (SSD), the EyeMusic, an algorithm that converts images to sound. The EyeMusic was initially developed to allow blind individuals to create a spatial representation of information arriving from a video feed at a slow sampling rate. In this study, we aimed to use the EyeMusic for the blind areas of sighted individuals. We use it in this initial proof-of-concept study to test the ability of sighted subjects to combine visual information with surrounding auditory sonification representing visual information

SUBMITTER: Shvadron S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10017858 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature