Department of Rehabilitation for Sensory Functions

Purpose of the Department

1. Development and scientific verification of objective and quantitative evaluation methodologies for debilitating sensory system impairments, visual, auditory, and somatosensory.
2. Development and evaluation of treatment and rehabilitation methods of sensory system impairments.
3. Development and evaluation of compensatory and alternatively augmentative instruments and usage training thereof for the sensory system impairments.
4. Research and objective analysis of social needs and technological seeds of the above.

Research Staff

Research Link

Nationwide survey
"On the status of speech training for children with cochlear implants and development of a method of hearing and speech training".

Former Research Members

TAUCHI Masaki (Okayama Prefectural Univ., Faculty of Health and Welfare Sciences)
YONEMOTO Kiyoshi (Facutly of Social Welfare, Iwate Prefectural Univ.)
MINAMI Yuukichirou (Juntendo Univ.)
Li Rui (School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
HIRATA Naoki (GE Yokogawa Medical Systems Inc.)
FURUYA Izumi (Dpt. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hiroshima Preferectual College of Health Sciences)
IIJIMA Mutsumi (Tokyo Women's Medical University)
HAYASHI Ryoko (Division of Linguistics, Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Kobe Univ.)
FUKUSHIMA Yasuhiro (Dpt. of Intelligent Information-Systems, College of Engineering, Tamagawa Univ.)
ARAMAKI Yu (Department of Health Science, School of Health and Sport Sciences, Chukyo University)
CHITOSE Kazuyoshi (Graduage School of Education, The University of Tokyo)
KOIZUMI Toshizo (Dpt. of Otorhinolaryngology, Nara Medical Univ.)
MINAGAWA-KAWAI Yasuyo (Dpt. of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Keio Univ., JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency))
TANAKA Akihiro (Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University)
SAGAWA Yasuhiro (OMRON Healthcare Co., Ltd.)
MIYAZAKI Makoto (Kochi University of Technology)
SATO Yutaka (Laboratory for Language Development RIKEN Brain Sceinece Institute)
TAKEDA Kotaro (Motor Control and Rehabilitation, Computational Neuroscience Labolaroties, ATR)
KOHNO Yutaka (Division of Neurology, Ibaraki Perfectural University of Health Sciences Hospital)
NISHITANI Nobuyuki (Dpt. Neurology, Kyoto Univ.; Fujita Neurological Clinic)
MIZOKAMI-SAKAI Naomi (University of Tsukuba)
SHIMOTOMAI Takayuki (Dpt. of Informatics, School of Science & Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University)
KADOTA Hiroshi (Dpt. of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo)
SEKIGUCHI Hirofumi (Department of Sport Management, Jobu University)
MASUDA Sayako (COE: Toward an Integrated Methodology for the Study of the Mind, Keio University)
SAKIHARA Kotoe (Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences, Waseda University)
KAMATANI Daiki (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University)
TAKEUCHI Shigeki (Department of Sport Management, Jobu University)
OKAZAKI Shuntaro (Division of Cerebral Integration, National Institute for Physiological Sciences)
FUKUDA Yumiko (Former Section Chief of Communication Section)
NAKAJIMA Yasoichi (Director of Department of Rehabilitation for Brain Functions of Research Institute, Director of College, Head of the First Medical Department)