A pilot program at the Lyric Opera of Chicago is trying on a new approach for deaf and hard-of-hearing people to experience opera: the SoundShirt, a jacketlike garment equipped with 16 haptic actuators that transmit sound from the orchestra and stage into pulses, vibrations and other forms of haptic feedback in the shirt itself.
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In the sixties the institute for hearing affected people in st Michielsgestel in The Netherlands created a special (concrete?) floor for a disco experience for their pupils.