Navigation with a sensory substitution device in congenitally blind individuals

Chebat et al
NeuroReport 22 (7) May 2011
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Vision allows for obstacle detection and avoidance. The compensatory mechanisms involved in maintaining these functions in blind people using their remaining intact senses are poorly understood. The authors investigated the ability of congenitally blind participants to detect and avoid obstacles using the tongue display unit, a sensory substitution device that uses the tongue as a portal to the brain.
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