Design for Music Player for the Deaf

The most common assumption one would have is that deaf people are unable to enjoy music. However, technically speaking, deaf people can feel music through the fact that:

Deaf people sense vibration in the part of the brain that other people use for hearing – which helps explain how deaf musicians can sense music, and how deaf people can enjoy concerts and other musical events.

- Source Science Daily

The most beautiful and surprising aspect of this research shows that:

Researchers at Ryerson University designed a chair that transmits musical vibrations along the back, turning sound into a sort of multi-sensory cheesecake. One person described it like this: “The first time I used the chair, I was blown away by the amount of information I could get about music from the vibrations. For the first time in my life, I could feel sad or happy because of how the music vibrations felt on my skin. I never felt those kinds of feelings before when music was played.”

Therefore, German designer Frederik Podzuweit has conceptually designed a collar that would provide the same musical satisfaction to a deaf person as a set of headphones. He sounds like quality Hub material. The source article has more information on the technicalities of the device, very intriguing read.