PaNDa-Glove: A Sensory Substitution Glove for Peripheral Neuropathy

2020. Tom Alldridge, Michael Barlow, Xiao Teh, Edward Barker, Samuel Sutherland-Dee & Anne Roudaut
Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

Abstract

Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) is a condition which causes diminished and potentially lost sensation in the extremities of the body, typically affecting diabetics and the elderly. We present PaNDa-Glove (Peripheral Neuropathy Displacement Glove), an arm-mounted device which displaces tactile sensation in the fingertips to the forearm, and substitutes thermosensitivity of the hand with vibrotactile and audio feedback. We hypothesize PaNDa-Glove will help patients with PN better recognise the tightness of their grip, and reduce the frequency of burns to the hand. A preliminary quantitative experiment with healthy users strongly suggests that PaNDa-Glove enhances the sensitivity of grip, and an informal qualitative study suggests that the substituted feedback is clear, distinguishable and comfortable.

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Citation

Alldridge, T., Barlow, M., Teh, X. X., Barker, E., Sutherland-Dee, S., & Roudaut, A. (2020). Panda-glove: a sensory substitution glove for peripheral neuropathy. Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1–7).

BibTeX

@inproceedings{alldridge2020panda,
  title={PaNDa-Glove: A Sensory Substitution Glove for Peripheral Neuropathy},
  author={Alldridge, Tom and Barlow, Michael and Teh, Xiao Xuan and Barker, Edward and Sutherland-Dee, Samuel and Roudaut, Anne},
  booktitle={Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  pages={1--7},
  year={2020}
}