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

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.Read the rest of the story here.

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

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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.

Read the rest of the story here.

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