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Welcome to Audiological Engineering's Web Site
AFTER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE,
AUDIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING WILL STOP SELLING TACTILE AIDS AS OF SEPTEMBER
1, 2007. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NO MORE LTD's IN STOCK. WE DO HAVE A
LIMITED NUMBER OF TACTAID 7's AVAILABLE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVICE TACTILE AIDS IN THE FIELD UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 2012.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SELL OUR VBW32 VIBRATORS.
If you are primarily interested in our tactors (vibrators, skin stimulators), please click 
Audiological Engineering Corporation is the world's largest developer and producer of tactile aids--
portable, personal devices for facilitating communication of persons who are severely hearing
impaired or deaf.
Tactile aids are used primarily by individuals who are unable to use or
do not want a cochlear implant. Benefits from a tactile aid include:
assistance with lipreading, speechreading, auditory training, speech
production, speech reception, oral deaf education, and environmental
sound awareness. Tactile aids are also used for pretraining for
cochlear implants.
We have been supplying vibrotactile aids for over 15 years. Our
products have evolved from the original Tactaid 1 to our current
models--
Tactilator (now available in its new smaller form, LTD)and Tactaid 7.
The differences in these products allow the user to choose
the one most appropriate to his or her needs, whether that be general
sound awareness, speechreading assistance, or auditory/verbal training.
This web site contains helpful information for visitors interested in tactile aids.
By reading through this page, you can easily find the level of information that suits your needs:
If you would like more information about what tactile aids are and their uses,
the section What Is
Tactaid will introduce you to these devices. It is helpful to read this section before reading the
sections on our individual products.
If you are acquainted with tactile aids and would like specific information on one of our products,
Click on specific product:
Tactilator(LTD)
Tactaid 7
If you are already familiar with our products and need assistance in deciding which
device to choose, the section
Which Tactaid to Get will help you in making this choice.
We have included the story of a deaf Swedish man who was instrumental in the development
of our Tactilator. The section Story of Tactilator describes this remarkable man and his experiences as a deaf
individual.
We have designed our web site in order to present you with enough information about our products so
that you can determine whether a tacile aid is of interest and, if so, which of our aids would best suit
your needs. Once you have become familiar with tactile aids and are interested in trying one, please
click on the appropriate section below for information on receiving pricing information and ordering one
of our products. We are currently not accepting orders through this web site. In the near future,
we will be able to take orders from schools, agencies, and hearing health care professionals. However,
because
vibrotactile aids are considered hearing-aid devices and because it is important that the new user receive
an introduction from an informed professional, we do not sell
directly to the general public.
It
is very important that the new user receives adequate training. We
cannot emphasize enough the need for some type of training. The type of
training depends on the type of user and the goals desired.
Adult User Info
Parent Info
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