Project

VibroFON investigates the multisensory dimensions of music perception by foregrounding tactile and bone-conducted sound as alternative pathways to conventional auditory monitoring systems. The project explores how vibrotactile feedback and bone conduction technologies can mediate musical experience for deaf and hard-of-hearing performers, enabling real-time sensorimotor engagement with musical and stage cues as an alternative to traditional in-ear or on-stage monitoring systems.

Grounded in research on vibtrotactile music perception, haptics and digital signal processing, VibroFON approaches tactile listening not merely as an assistive solution, but as an expanded modality of musical perception. The project seeks to design and develop a portable device capable of transmitting selected musical information through controlled vibrotactile stimuli, thereby supporting timing, coordination, and expressive interaction in live performance contexts.

Beyond technological innovation, VibroFON addresses broader questions of accessibility, artistic agency, and inclusive cultural participation. By facilitating alternative modes of musical interaction, the project aims to contribute to contemporary discourse on inclusive performance practices and to redefine music listening and performing for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.