Database of sensory characteristics of older persons and persons with disabilities

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Databases classified according to sensory modalities

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Vision Hearing Touch Taste Smell Other databases

Database list

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Databases classified according to objects of design

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Vision(visible) Hearing(audible) Touch(understandable by touching

Design examples

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"Visual design Auditory design Tactile design

What's New

7 October 2021

  • Databases "Statistical distribution of hearing threshold levels as a function of age (Japanese data),(ISO 7029)" were revised.

1 April 2021

  • A new database：Colour combinations based of fundamental colours（Low vision and colour deficiency）opened.

31 March 2014

  • The new portal page opened.
  • A new database "Statistical distribution of hearing threshold levels as a function of age (ISO 7029) opened.
  • Some functions of each database have been updated.

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