ROCHESTER, NY — At the Rochester School for The Deaf, Bag End S18E-C subwoofers placed face-down on a vibrating floor help deaf and hard of hearing children “hear” music by letting them feel the vibration of the sound through the floor.
The Multisensory Sound Laboratory (MSSL) is a special product developed by Oval Window Audio to provide sensory feedback to special audiences, usually deaf and hard of hearing children, to enable them to appreciate sounds through vibration.
The speakers are positioned face down against corners of the floor, which is constructed using interlocking panels floating on soft acoustic isolation blocks. The vibrating floor lets participants dance and move to the vibrations.
“We chose Bag End speakers for the ‘driver’ of the floor,” said Norman Lederman, director of research and development for Oval Window Audio, “because we wanted a compact, sealed enclosure of solid construction that could generously reproduce sound down to 20 Hertz and below. The black carpet finish also complements the colors of the floor.”
“In effect,” Lederman noted, “the entire floor becomes one big subwoofer.”
MSSL systems, which also include visual equipment that enables children to “see” the vibrations of their voices, have been installed across the country and in countries as far away as Kuwait. They often become resources for their communities.
Photo Supplied: Bag End – Rochester SFD (Features teacher and students at the Rochester School for the Deaf)
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