Senses and Sound
CymaScope and Science
CymaScope and its Many
Applications
Senses and Sound
Sound has structure and form, but while we can appreciate the beauty of music and birdsong, the invisibility of sound makes it difficult to study. Just as great advances in medical science have come about as the result of the microscope, and enormous strides have been made in understanding the cosmos with the telescope, the CymaScope® does for sound what the microscope and the telescope have done for medical science and cosmology.
In fact, the visual acuity of our brains is so powerful that we can make far more sense of the world and cosmos with our vision than we can with our other senses.
CymaScope® and Science
Harmonic structures imbedded in sounds and manifested on the
CymaScope’s membrane create CymaGlyphs®. These patterns take form in
particulate matter or water, which gathers in areas where there is no
vibration. Each CymaGlyph is effectively a ‘negative’ of the vibratory
response of the membrane to a given sound. By studying the CymaGlyphs
of pure sounds, musical instrument sounds, and animal sounds, for
example, it is possible to learn much about the nature of life and the
forces of creation.
CymaScope® and its Many Applications
CymaScope has applications in many fields, including:
• Speech Therapy • Vocalist Coaching
• Physics • Neurological Research
• Musicology • Anthropology
• Biology • Zoology • Cosmology
Two of the most important applications for CymaScope
are speech therapy and zoology, as follows:
When practitioners produce a word or sound, a CymaGlyph is created,
which is a sonic pattern that appears on the CymaScope. Patients are
asked to pronounce the word or sound while viewing the emerging
pattern, thus producing important visual feedback and allowing patients
to know when they are pronouncing words and sounds correctly. This
system is, therefore, useful for teaching deaf children to speak more
clearly. It may also be used to help stroke victims to re-learn speech
patterns. Autistic children may benefit from the visual feedback that
CymaScope provides and MusicMadeVisible could offer additional support
to mentally challenged children and adults. The CymaScope can also help
people overcome speech impediments.
One version of the CymaScope is called CymaScope H.F., and it features
a very small membrane that can manifest the high frequency sounds made
by certain animals such as birds, dolphins, whales, mice and insects.
All animals have their own unique range of CymaGlyphs while the general
low-frequency vocal sounds of animals are easily reproduced by the
CymaScope ‘P’ model.
The CymaScope can help us decipher animal language. In addition there
is great potential for refining our knowledge of the evolution of
various species. For evolutionists, voice ‘fingerprinting’ with
CymaScope can help eliminate areas of doubt by showing the similarities
in voice patterns between species.
Scientific Researcher, Science Museum Director, Musicologist?
The CymaScope is currently available to special order by University Departments, Science Research Organizations, Science Museums, Natural History Museums, and Musicologists. Please click here if your organization falls under one of these headings and you are interested in learning more about this unique instrument. Please specify your area of focus and your specific interest in the CymaScope.
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