Tactile Sound

Transforming How We Listen

Feel the power of tactile sound

Developed by Emma Greenland PhD BEng MIOA, the vibroacoustic tactile sound bench combines cutting-edge audio technology with the natural resonance of live edge wood. Designed and hand-crafted in the UK to support purposeful and immersive listening, for sound related therapies and musical experience.

Benefits of Tactile Sound and Vibroacoustic Stimulation

Traditional audio is delivered through air vibrations hitting the eardrum. Tactile sound adds four more dimensions:
  • Deep tissue movement
  • Skeletal joint movement
  • Tactile stimulation
  • Bone conduction
This multi-pathway approach allows everyone – including people with hearing loss – to experience music and sound in a new, profound way.

Who Can Benefit from Tactile Sound Technology?

Tactile sound bridges the gap between traditional audio and physical sensation, creating an inclusive, multi-sensory environment. Our bespoke vibroacoustic solutions are designed for:

  • Wellness & Spa Retreats: Enhance meditation and relaxation treatments with deep-tissue sound resonance that promotes physiological calm.
  • Special Educational Needs (SEN): Providing a powerful sensory tool for d/Deaf children and adults with hearing loss or other sensory processing needs to 'feel' music and speech.
  • Healthcare & Therapy Centers: Aiding in vibroacoustic therapy (VAT) to help reduce stress, manage pain, and improve sleep patterns.
  • High-End Residential & Immersive Cinema: Transforming luxury living spaces into fully immersive environments where sound is felt as much as it is heard.

What Makes the Tactile Sound Bench Special?

  • Immersive Experience: The bench lets you feel music and sound vibrations throughout your body, offering a new dimension to listening - ideal for relaxation, emotional regulation, creative inspiration, and deep therapeutic work.
  • Huge power, no noise pollution: Experience massive sound without damaging your ears, or your neighbours’ patience! You don’t need huge volume to feel fully immersed in the music when it’s tactile. Vibration isolators optional.
  • Sustainable Craftsmanship: Hand crafted from individually selected, sustainably sourced timber for optimal resonance and beauty. Rustic, natural tonewood for a comfortable, non-clinical feel, to connect your experience with nature. The Sound Bench is available in three beautiful woods, each offering its own unique tactile sound journey: Oak - grounded, balanced and rich in resonance; Yew - warm, responsive, and deeply immersive; Cedar - light, vibrant and beautifully expressive. While the technology remains the same, the character of each wood subtly shapes how vibrations travel through the bench, creating a distinct sensory experience.
  • Inclusive Design: Whether you’re neurodivergent, are d/Deaf of have hearing loss, or simply seeking a richer connection to music, tactile sound bridges the gap between hearing and feeling. The tactile sound bench provides an alternative way for individuals to engage with music and audio. Inclusivity and accessibility are central to our mission, ensuring everyone can connect with sound in a meaningful way.
  • Highest quality with full-range tactile transducers (5 Hz - 17 kHz) capture the richness of tactile music and audio, from deep bass to high strings and voice, all in one standalone system.

Who Is It For?

  • Therapists & Wellness Practitioners: Enhance your practice with a tool that supports deep listening, breathwork, and emerging psychedelic assisted therapies.
  • Artists & Musicians: Experience your music in a new way and connect with audiences of all abilities.
  • Venues: Relaxation rooms, Spas, Saunas and Listening Bars. Staff wellness rooms.
  • Community Groups: Make music and sound therapy accessible to everyone, including d/Deaf and neurodivergent participants.
  • You! Find relaxation, inspiration, emotional regulation and wellbeing through immersive sound, in the comfort of your home.
  • Beyond its therapeutic applications, this innovation is also an exploration of the soundscape - the blend between our physical surroundings and our ow unique ways of perceiving them. By connecting art, design, and wellbeing, the tactile sound bench invites us to reflect on how sound doesn't just fill a space, but shapes how we feel, connect, and experience the world around us.

Where You’ve Seen Us: Events & Demonstrations

We’re passionate about sharing tactile sound with the world. Here are some of the events and festivals where the tactile sound bench has made an impact:
Deaf Rave Festival 2023 & 2024:

We brought tactile sound to the Deaf Rave community, making music accessible and enjoyable for d/Deaf and hearing friends alike. The bench was used for deep listening therapy and community experiences, supporting inclusion and accessibility. 

Deaf Jam x Deaf Rave at Brighton Fringe (2025):

Our bench featured in immersive performances, allowing everyone to feel the music, regardless of hearing ability.

Brighton Wellness Festival Summit, 1st-8th October 2025

Free mini taster sessions, discounted 60-minute sessions and attendance at the Launch event for this Festival. Wellness professionals and the general public explored the benefits of tactile sound first-hand.

Brighton Music Conference, 20th-23rd May 2026

We were the Mental Health and Wellbeing Theatre sponsor this year. As well as showcasing taster sessions on the tactile sound bench, we also  delivered panel sessions   for attendees   discussing the power of deep listening and the role of tactile sound .

Brighton Sauna Festival, 29th-31st May 2026

The first ever   Brighton Sauna Festival  celebrating the birthplace of  modern coastal sauna experiences in the UK.  Taster sessions  allowing attendees to  experience tactile  sound  by the sea

Design in Mental Health Conference 2nd-3rd June 2026

We sponsored the DiMH Awards Games Area and offered taster sessions to conference and expo delegates.

Artist Demonstrations:
Dame Evelyn Glennie (world renowned percussionist):

Dame Evelyn shared her mission to promote active listening and tried the table when we visited the Evelyn Glennie Foundation.

King Creosote (singer/songwriter):

Tried the bench during his UK Tour 2025 and spoke positively about the experience, giving us a big shout out at his Brighton gig in May, inspiring the audience to explore tactile sound.

Max Cooper (electronic and techno music producer):
We spoke to Max Cooper ahead of his Brighton Festival gig and before the launch of the Feel The Sound exhibition at the Barbican where his benches incorporate tactile sound.
Company3 (a post production company):

We visited Company3 who were doing post-production for the BBC Drama Reunion, so their team could experience sound in a new way, to better understand the listening experience for d/Deaf people’

Upcoming Events

Watch this space!

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An exceptional piece of design that offers an interactive, immersive experience through vibrations, allowing users to feel sound. Craftsmanship and innovation are at the heart of this product. Inclusivity and accessibility are central, providing an alternative way for individuals, especially those who are deaf or hard of hearing, to engage with music and audio through tactile sensations.
Mikey Howard-WilliamsDeaf Jam
It was a wonderful experience meeting with you and your team yesterday, and to try out your sound immersion table which has great potential. We all have that opportunity to engage in listening. That isn’t about deafness, or hearing, it’s just an act of doing
Dame Evelyn Glennie Foundation
Laying down on a table and abandon myself to the various tones of a jazz track was a sensational vicarious experience. I felt that I was just few meters from the stage and Herbie Hancock was playing the tune just for me.
AndreaClerkenwell Health
Unique experience, very relaxing and grounding… the vibrations were so intense that made me feel like I was myself an instrument being played!
Grazia FreniClerkenwell Health
Enormous thanks for the pleasure of using the Sound Table which to me was like a SoundCraft – it was one of the best listening sessions I have ever had and I felt like I was on a Spacecraft to SoundTown!
Adam Shuman Clinical Research Physician, Clerkenwell Health
This was a truly bone tingling experience that allowed me to encounter sound in an immersive and mindful way - it was remarkable
Oliver HeathOliver Heath Design
Thank you SO much for coming to join us on Saturday - it was amazing to experience the tactile sound bench. Such a visceral and relaxing way to experience sound physically and not just aurally.
Lindsay McHaleBelltree Music Therapy
Once again, thanks for letting us experience the bench. I’m quite inspired by this idea and how it overlaps with our research and my paediatric clinical work. It would be fascinating to test the effect of adding the vibration cues in cases where it seems the cognitive load is reduced by increasing the number of complementary cues.
Alan Sanderson, PhD, Clinical Lecturer in Audiology,Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Deep listening on the tactile sound bench has opened doors for me to release repressed feelings and pay attention to my mind/body connection. The joy of deep listening lies in following thoughts, images, and feelings naturally, leading to curiosity and revealing deep personal insights.
Emma Greenland, DirectorAnderson Acoustics
Thank you so much for coming in with your amazing furniture, such a great experience for us... Really got us thinking about how sound can be experienced in different ways! It was such an eye-opening experience, allowing a glimpse into a whole new way of experiencing sound. I see this as being a super powerful tool allowing narrative and emotion to be expressed to an audience that potentially was traditionally limited to predominantly visuals when watching tv or film.
Jamie Selway – Senior Re-Recording MixerCompany3 London
The tactile sound bench is a deeply immersive way to experience sound and vibration throughout your body, offering a whole new dimension to listening
Truleigh Centre
As an interior designer focused on sensory luxury, I am constantly looking for ways to move beyond what we see to what we physically experience. Emma’s work in Vibroacoustic Therapy (VAT) represents a paradigm shift in how we approach the home environment..from the aesthetics to the somatic. The Experience: With an eye patch and a weighted blanket on, and beautiful soundscapes immersing through headphones, I lay on the oak bench and felt low-frequency vibrations coursing through my body. It wasn't just shaking, it was a deep-tissue resonance that felt like a cellular massage. In minutes, I felt my body soften into a deep grounded, restorative Theta state. The Vision: The human body is an exceptional conductor of sound. By integrating this technology into holistic therapy centres, residential homes, even schools, hospitals and workplaces, we aren't just adding a ‘feature’; we are installing a biological off-switch for stress. From neuro-inclusive schools to high-end residential sanctuaries, it’s time we started designing for the Somatosensory system. A huge thank you to Emma Greenland at Anderson Acoustics for the journey. The future of luxury isn't just about the view…it's about the vibration.
Natasha GraysThe Sensory Haven
I took 5 mins out from the madness of the day & before our Panel took place. I have never done anything like this before so didn't know what to expect. I just relaxed as much as was possible with the outside noise of the DJ's playing outside and let myself feel the full affect of the bench. With the beautiful music playing and then the incredible vibrations alongside, I was only on there for around 5 minutes but it must have really struck a chord with me as it drew raw emotions to the surface and I felt tears running down my face. I was on there for longer the next day and after that session, I actually was bawling!! Think it brought something magical out in me and is part of a healing process I'm going through after losing my partner. Something amazing happened and I think those tears needed to come out! I'd recommend anyone to try the sound bench or book this amazing team for an event because it was a truly memorable experience for me - both times!!!
Lucy ClarkeLove Vocals
I loved my experience on the sound bench. The music felt like it was moving through me in a way I couldn’t experience just listening alone. Felt like a sonic massage
Denise DevenishThe Music Industry Therapist
The sound bench was an incredible experience. Giving the opportunity to listen deeper and give a moment where you could pay attention to the body and the different sensations that arose as the music developed. It took listening to music to a new level as well as really helping me to engage and absorb in the moment which is such a lovely thing to be able to do when daily life can feel busy and rushed. It's one of those things that you have to try for yourself to understand the feeling, I highly recommend it.
Vanessa Joy ThomasSoul of the City Choir, Brighton

Consultancy

Whilst our bench delivers the highest possible tactile sound power and listening quality, we get that you may have an existing set-up, a specific budget, or perhaps your own unique needs requiring a fully customisable solution. That’s where our long-established expertise as professional acoustic consultants comes in. We support you on your journey to bring tactile sound to your practice or venue. We’ve tried and tested a large range of technology and furniture combinations, so you don’t have to.

Contact us to discuss and see how we can help bring tactile sound alive for your project.

Get Involved

We’re always seeking feedback to make our tactile sound system as versatile as possible. Try a session, share your experience, and help us shape the future of sound therapy and deep listening. ontact us to discuss and see how we can help bring tactile sound alive for your project.

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