Bone Conduction

Back in the days when I was an audiologist, the concept of conducting sound through the bones of the body was a routine procedure during hearing evaluations, especially when working with deaf children who generally FELT the vibration generated by loud sounds. But the idea always seemed a bit creepy and listening to something that was not traveling through the air but through my skull always made me uneasy.

Here is an art/history installation that employs that ability of our skeleton.