Patent ID: 8366448

Claim:
A developmental aid arranged to be worn by a premature baby, or pre-term infant or a full term newly born baby or infant, the aid comprising a tactile pad arranged to be worn on a hand of the baby in a region of the palm such that the tactile pad fits substantially within the palm and having a plurality of textured surfaces and an attachment device, the attachment device arranged to allow the aid to be worn such that the tactile pad is held on or by the baby, the attachment device comprising at least one of a strap, a tube like member or sleeve, a portion of a glove; wherein the aid is arranged such that the wearer can, in use, curl his/her finger(s) and/or thumb such that a tip or fleshy finger pad of his/her finger(s) and/or thumb contact the tactile pad using haptic touch, in which each textured surface has a profile which comprises at least one from the group comprising: a bump; a series of wavy lines; a zigzag pattern; a dotted area; a series of raised areas with smooth contours; a raised area with a plain area that is roughly one of the following shapes: circular, square, rectangular, elliptical, triangular.