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Sensory Rooms
A sensory room is a specially designed room that stimulates sight, touch, taste, smell, sound, and movement senses. By stimulating the senses, the development of thought, intelligence, and social skills are encouraged. Equipment such as bubble columns, projectors casting images, colored optic fibers to touch and see, sound, aroma distributors, vibrating furniture, and equipment switches for interaction can be used to create the multisensory environment that engages and calms those who enter.
Sensory Room Benefits
Cognitive and mobility limitations create obstacles to enjoyment of life. Not only does a sensory room bring about a calming effect on users, but it also produces basal stimulation for the neurologically impaired. Other effects are increased concentration and attention, relief from pain, and improved communication. Awareness is heightened and the senses can be reactivated. Improved coordination and motor development and increased brain function and cognitive development are also realized in a multisensory environment. Users of sensory rooms will notice that they feel happier and have fun while in an environment that stimulates the senses, and this produces an effect that improves creativity and leads to communication.
Who Benefits from Sensory Rooms
Everyone can benefit from interacting in a sensory room, but those with cognitive and physical impairments can be treated in a non-pharmacological way that helps maintain function, encourage cognition, and moderate mood and behavior. Those with limited physical and cognitive abilities can now have access to multi-sensory stimulation, which relieves stress and boredom. Sensory rooms have been successfully used to stimulate patients with autism, head injuries, stroke, those with mobility limitations, and those with loss of hearing and eyesight.
Using LEDs in a Sensory Environment
Sensory rooms should be places of warmth, comfort, and security that is free from distraction. Since over-head lighting can be a source of distraction, LEDs are recommended for lighting because they are safe, able to be touched, and provide ambience. Wall mounted lights are ideal for providing an extra source of light along with visual and tactile stimulation. Changing colored lights on the walls immerse the space in soft colored light that help promote relaxation, creating an atmospheric ambience.
LED Fiber Optic Wall Carpet
Experia USA's LED Fiber Optic Wall Carpet is the wall mounted version of the their Fiber Optic Carpet. It's made with hundreds of bright fiber optic spots that slowly change color, producing a calming effect. The carpet can be used in any environment, but is especially ideal for sensory rooms. Adding tactile and visual stimulation elements to a room, there is no electricity used, so the LED wall carpet is safe for users to get close and feel. The LED light source operates on low voltage using the included transformer, which plugs into a standard 110v outlet. While the carpet can be handled, for safety reasons, the light source should be kept out of reach. Adult supervision required. Ages 3+.
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