Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Conscious Cogn. 2010 Mar;19(1):492-500. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.10.006. Epub 2009 Dec 1.
In this report, the phenomenology of two blind users of a sensory substitution device - "The vOICe" - that converts visual images to auditory signals is described. The users both report detailed visual phenomenology that developed within months of immersive use and has continued to evolve over a period of years. This visual phenomenology, although triggered through use of The vOICe, is likely to depend not only on online visualization of the auditory signal but also on the users' previous (albeit distant) experience of veridical vision (e.g. knowledge of shapes and visual perspective). Once established, the sensory substitution mapping between the auditory and visual domains is not confined to when the device is worn and, thus, may constitute an example of acquired synaesthesia.
本报告描述了两位感官替代设备（“The vOICe”）盲人用户的现象学，该设备将视觉图像转换为听觉信号。这两位用户都报告了在沉浸式使用数月内发展起来的详细视觉现象学，并在数年内持续发展。这种视觉现象学虽然是通过使用“The vOICe”触发的，但可能不仅取决于听觉信号的在线可视化，还取决于用户以前（尽管遥远）的真实视觉体验（例如，对形状和视觉透视的了解）。一旦建立，听觉和视觉域之间的感官替代映射不仅限于佩戴设备时，因此，可能构成获得性联觉的一个例子。
