The future of music is for everyone —even the deaf

How Avnet helped an award-winning tech incubator take one of the most complex wearables from "possibly" to "possible" For Mick Ebeling, CEO of Not Impossible Labs, the fact that the deaf can't experience music in the same way as the hearing seemed absurd. While "hearing" music does involve the different parts of the ear, there are many other parts of the brain that play into our perception of music. People who are deaf still take in the sounds of music, just in a different format: as vibrations. To feel the vibrations of music, the deaf can stand close to speakers, hold balloons or go barefoot, but they're still essentially hacking their way in. In a live music setting, the deaf tend to miss out on a powerful personal and social experience. So, Mick ...

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