title: Development of a tactile stimulator with simultaneous visual and auditory stimulation using E-Prime software.
abstract: In this study, a tactile stimulator was developed, which can stimulate visual and auditory senses simultaneously by using the E-Prime software. This study tried to compensate for systematic stimulation control and other problems that occurred with previously developed tactile stimulators. The newly developed system consists of three units: a control unit, a drive unit and a vibrator. Since the developed system is a small, lightweight, simple structure with low electrical consumption, a maximum of 35 stimulation channels and various visual and auditory stimulation combinations without delay time, the previous systematic problem is corrected in this study. The system was designed to stimulate any part of the body including the fingers. Since the developed tactile stimulator used E-Prime software, which is widely used in the study of visual and auditory senses, the stimulator is expected to be highly practical due to a diverse combination of stimuli, such as tactile-visual, tactile-auditory, visual-auditory and tactile-visual-auditory stimulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Konkuk University, 322 Danwol-dong, Chungju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do 380-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung-Sik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hong-Won
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Yeon
authors.forename: Mi-Hyun
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Ji-Hye
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin-Seung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jang-Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: Jeong-Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Gye-Rae
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Tack
authors.forename: Soon-Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*