Scientific Publications
Vestibular References
Bach-y-Rita P. Emerging concepts of brain function. J Integr Neurosci. 2005; 4:183-205.
Bach-y-Rita P, Danilov YP, Tyler ME, Grimm RJ. Late Human Brain Plasticity: Vestibular Substitution with a Tongue BrainPort Human-Machine Interface. J Intellectica. 2005; 40:115-122.
Bach-y-Rita P, Kaczmarek KA, Tyler ME, Garcia-Lara J. Form perception with a 49-point electrotactile stimulus array on the tongue. J Rehabil Res Dev. 1998; 35:472-430.
Bach-y-Rita P, Kercel SW. Sensory substitution and the human-machine interface. Trends Cogn Sci. 2003; 7:541-546.
Black FO, Wood SJ, Bach-Y-Rita P, Danilov YP, Tyler ME, Stallings VJ. Electrotactile Sensory Supplementation of Gravitoinertial References to Optimize Sensori-Motor Recovery of Postural Stability in Bilateral Vestibular Loss Subjects. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 2005 Feb 19-24; New Orleans, LA. (Poster)
Danilov YP, Skinner KL, Tyler ME, Bach-y-Rita P. Effect of electrotactile sensory substitution in patients with balance disorders. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience; 2006 Oct 14-18; Atlanta, GA. (Poster)
Danilov Y, Tyler M. BrainPort: An Alternative Input to the Brain. J Integr Neurosci. 2005; 4:537-550.
Danilov YP, Tyler ME, Bach-y-Rita P. Spectral analysis of head based stabilogram in normal and bilateral vestibular subjects. J Vestib Res. 2004; 14(special issue):126. Abstract O066.
Danilov YP, Tyler ME, Bach-y-Rita P. Effects of electrotactile head-based feedback on subjects with bilateral vestibular dysfunction. J Vestib Res. 2004; 14(special issue):187. Abstract O193.
Danilov YP, Tyler ME, Bach-y-Rita P. Asymmetry of head and body interactions during posture control in patients with bilateral vestibular dysfunction. Proceedings of the 34th International Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience; 2004 Oct 23-28; San Diego, CA. (Abstract)
Danilov YP, Tyler ME, Bach-y-Rita P. Spectral analysis of head based stabilogram in young and elderly subjects. Proceedings of the 34th International Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience; 2004 Oct 23-28; San Diego, California. (Abstract)
Danilov YP, Tyler ME, Bach-Y-Rita P. Vestibular Substitution for Postural Control. In: Lofaso F, Ravaud J-F, Roby-Brami A, eds. Innovations Technologiques et Handicap: Actes des 17e[s] Entretiens de l'Institut Garches (Issy-les-Moulineaux; November 25-26, 2004). Paris, France: Frison-Roche; 2004. Institut Garches. Entretiens; vol 17; 216-224.
Danilov YP, Tyler ME, Bach-y-Rita P. Effects of electrotactile vestibular substitution on bilateral vestibular dysfunction subjects. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting; 2003 Oct 1-4; Nashville, TN. (Presentation)
Danilov YP, Tyler ME, Bach-Y-Rita P. Analysis of head stability in normal and bilateral vestibular dysfunction subjects. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience; 2003 Nov 8-12; New Orleans, LA. Program No. 268.5. (Poster)
Danilov Y, Tyler ME, Kamm K, Bach-y-Rita P. The surprising tongue: effects of electrotactile sensory substitution. Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Society. Chem Senses. 2005; 30:1-125. (Abstract)
Duck, E., Gregory, M., McGonigal, P., Robinson, B., Cook, J., and Cahoj, P. The effects of an Electrotactile Vestibular Substitution System on Balance, Gait, Posture, and Quality of Life of an Individual with Parkinson's Disease. Missouri State University Graduate Interdisciplinary Forum, Springfield, MO. April 2007. (Poster)
Ghulyan-Bédikian V, Paolino M, Paolino F. Rehabilitation of Chronic Balance Disorders using the BainPort® Balance Device. Preliminary results. 41st Symposium of Otoneurology of the International Society of Neurology; 2007 May 17-19; Paris, France.
Goebel J, Sinks B, Pyle M, Brey R, Eggers S, Zapala D. Efficacy of the BrainPort Balance Device in Patients with Severe Bilateral Vestibular Loss: A Multicenter Trial. Abstracts of the 31st Annual Mid-Winter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 2008 Feb 16-21, Phoenix, AZ. (Poster)
Kercel SW. The Wide-Ranging Impact of the Work of Paul Bach-y-Rita. J Integr Neurosci. 2005; 4:403-406.
McCormick-Richburg C, Robinson BS, Cook LJ, Price S. “Use of Vestibular Substitution for a Unique Case of BVD.” Research Podium at the American Academy of Audiology Convention. Denver, CO. April 18-21, 2007. (Presentation)
Metea M, Skinner KL. The BrainPort® balance device as a potential aid in the rehabilitation of balance and mobility after stroke and traumatic brain injury. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience; 2007 Nov 3-7; San Diego, CA.
Metea M, Skinner KL. The BrainPort® balance device as a potential training aid in the rehabilitation of balance following vestibular surgery. Abstracts of the 31st Annual Mid-Winter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 2008 Feb 16-21, Phoenix, AZ. (Poster)
Olin C, Imbaud S, Sampaio E, Rougier P. Vestibular Substitution with the BrainPort® Balance Device in Patients with Bilateral Areflexia. Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; 2007 June 30-July 4; Vienna, Austria. (Poster)
Richburg, C., Robinson, B., Cook, J., and Price, S. Vestibular Substitution: A Case of BVD with Bilateral Prosthetic Legs. American Academy of Audiology Convention. Minneapolis, MN. April 5-8, 2006. (Poster)
Robinson, B., Cook, J., and Cahoj, P. Use of an Electrotactile Vestibular Substitution System to Facilitate Balance, Gait, and Posture of Two Subjects with Parkinson's Disease. Missouri State Physical Therapy Association Spring Meeting. April 20-22, 2007. (Poster)
Robinson, B., Cook, J., Richburg, C., and Price, S. The Use of the BrainPortTM Balance Device to Facilitate Balance and Gait in an Individual with Bilateral Prosthetic Legs and Bilateral Vestibular Dysfunction (BVD) due to Gentamicin Ototoxicity. Missouri State Physical Therapy Association Meeting. April 28-30, 2006. (Poster)
Skinner KL, Danilov YP. Training with the BrainPortTM Balance Device has the potential to Decrease the Risk of Falls in Elderly Patients with Vestibular Disorders. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Mid-Winter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 2007 Feb 10-15; Denver, CO. (Poster)
Tyler ME, Danilov YP, Bach-y-Rita P. Closing an open-loop control system: vestibular substitution through the tongue. J Integr Neurosci. 2003; 2:159-164.
Tyler ME, Skinner KL, Danilov YP. Investigation of Effect of BrainPort Balance Device Training on Performance in Subjects with Chronic Balance Dysfunction Due to Vestibulo-Cerebellar Damage. Abstracts of the 29th Annual Mid-Winter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; 2006 Feb 5-9; Baltimore, MD. (Poster)
General References: Tongue-Based Interface
Agarwal AK, Kim D., Delisle M, Tang H, Tyler ME, Beebe DJ. Two-way communication through an oral-based tactile interface: preliminary results. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; 2001 Oct 19-25; Istanbul, Turkey.
Bach-y-Rita P, Tyler ME. Tongue man-machine interface. In: Westwood JD, Hoffman HM, Mogel GT, Robb RA, Stredney D, editors. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality; 2000 Jan 17-20; San Diego, California. p. 17-19.
Bach-y-Rita P, Kaczmarek KA, Tyler ME. A Tongue-based Tactile Display for Portrayal of Environmental Characteristics. In: Hettlinger L and Haas M, editors, Psychological Issues in the Design and Use of Virtual and Adaptive Environments. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2003.
Kaczmarek KA, Tyler ME. Effect of electrode geometry and intensity control method on comfort of electrotactile stimulation on the tongue. Proceedings of the ASME Haptics in VR Conference; 2000 Oct 12-15; Orlando, Florida. p. 1239-1243.
Kaczmarek KA, Bach-y-Rita P, Tyler ME. Electrotactile pattern perception on the tongue. In: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society; Cleveland, Ohio. BMES. 1998; 26 Suppl 1:S131.
Tyler ME, Danilov YP, Braun JG. Spatial Mapping of Electrotactile Sensation Threshold and Intensity Range on the Human Tongue. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2nd International Conference on Neural Engineering; 2005 Mar 24-27; Washington, D.C.
Tyler ME, Kaczmarek K, Braun J, Ledvina B, White, E. A tongue-based man-machine interface for personal navigation, orientation, communication and monitoring. November 1999. DARPA Feasibility Study-Final Report. Sponsored by Department of Defense.
Vuillerme N, Pinsault N, Chenu O, Demongeot J, Payan Y, Danilov Y. Sensory supplementation system based on electrotactile tongue biofeedback of head position for balance control. Neurosci. Lett. (2007), doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2007.11.049.
Vision References
Arnoldussen, A., and Danilov, Y. “The Development and Application of the BrainPort Tactile-Vision Substitution in the Blind: Applied Cross-Modal Plasticity.” Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2007.
Bach-y-Rita P, Tyler ME, Kaczmarek KA. Seeing with the Brain. International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction. 2003; 15:285-296.
Chebat, D.R., Rainville, C., Ptito, M. “Navigation Skils in the Early Blind Using a Tongue Stimulator” Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 2007.
Kupers R, Ptito M. 'Seeing' through the tongue: cross-modal plasticity in the congenitally blind. International Congress Series. 2004; 1270:79-84.
Ptito M, Kupers R. Cross-Modal Plasticity in Early Blindness. J Integr Neurosci. 2005; 4:479-488.
Ptito M, Moesgaard S, Gjedde A, Kupers R. Cross-modal plasticity revealed by electrotactile stimulation of the tongue in the congenitally blind.Brain. 2005; 128:606-614.
Sampaio E, Maris S, Bach-y-Rita P. Brain plasticity: "visual" acuity of blind persons via the tongue. Brain Res. 2001; 908:204-207.