Category Archives: Tongue Display Unit
What if….
With the results from the initial trials in, we pondered how, for that small amount of time after using the TDU, the changes in my ability to maintain a balanced position were occurring. No one knew, but I was certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical Research, Disability, Gentamicin, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Sensory Substitution, Tongue Display Unit, Uncategorized, Vestibular System
Tagged brainport, cheryl schiltz, Clinical trial, gentamicin, madison, Mitchell Tyler, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, TDU, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin, Yuri Danilov
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The Maze
The moment had arrived! It was time to see what this sensory substitution stuff was all about. Mitch showed me to a seat in front of a computer screen and a metal box with a knob sticking out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Disability Noise, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Sensory Substitution, Tongue Display Unit, Vestibular System
Tagged brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Kurt Kaczmarek, madison, Mitchell Tyler, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin, Yuir Danilov
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The First Meeting
I met Dr. Paul Bach-y-Rita for the first time on the Spring of 2002, five years after my introduction to disability. I traveled to the UW-Madison’s Medical Sciences building where I was greeted near an entrance by Mitch Tyler, a … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Sensory Substitution, Tongue Display Unit, Understanding Disability, Vestibular System
Tagged brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Inner Ear Hair Cells, madison, Mitchell Tyler, norman doidge, Otolith, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, University of Wisconsin, UW Medical Sciences, Yuir Danilov
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