An assembly for monitoring physiological parameters of a living subject at a sensing station, the assembly comprising :a plurality of sensors arranged about the subject to create at least one sensor field in which said sensors are capable of sensing one or more said parameters of the subject in each said at least one sensor fields； electronic means to transmit data sensed by each said sensors of said at lest one sensor field to at least one data receiving station； a controller for controlling transmission of said data from said sensor fields to said receiving station； means for an operator to optimise signals received from the sensor fields； wherein the data includes sensed movements and sounds within the range of 0.5Hz - 20000Hz； and wherein data obtained from the sensor fields includes data capable of interpretation by the use of the sense of touch.
