A Protactile-Inspired Wearable Haptic Device for Capturing the Core Functions of Communication.

In this article, a novel wearable haptic device, to be worn on the hand and forearm, is introduced. Using the modalities of vibration, pressure, and heat application, the device attempts to replicate four core components of communication. The four components - co-presence, phatic communication, back-channeling, and direction giving - are simulated through haptic profiles individually unique to a section or combined as an encompassing system of the device.

The Grammatical Incorporation of Demonstratives in an Emerging Tactile Language.

In this article, we analyze the grammatical incorporation of demonstratives in a tactile language, emerging in communities of DeafBlind signers in the US who communicate via reciprocal, tactile channels-a practice known as "protactile." In the first part of the paper, we report on a synchronic analysis of recent data, identifying four types of "taps," which have taken on different functions in protacitle language and communication. In the second part of the paper, we report on a diachronic analysis of data collected over the past 8 years.

Bridging the gap between DeafBlind minds: interactional and social foundations of intention attribution in the Seattle DeafBlind community.

This article is concerned with social and interactional processes that simplify pragmatic acts of intention attribution. The empirical focus is a series of interactions among DeafBlind people in Seattle, Washington, where pointing signs are used to individuate objects of reference in the immediate environment. Most members of this community are born deaf and slowly become blind.