University of Michigan students find new ways for deaf to feel the music

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | Source: The Ann Arbor News

Only University of Michigan students could find a way for the deaf to hear "The Victors".

Excerpt:

When Robert Alexander saw the e-mail announcement for the "Feel the Music" competition - a contest that asked University of Michigan students to design devices that would enable hearing-impaired people to experience live music - he thought it was a prank.

Months earlier, while composing a song, the media arts graduate student had discovered that he could "hear" music through his leg.

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