Through their Ears
The sound sample activity was designed to do this for families - moving them from an intellectual understanding of hearing loss to a felt, emotional one.
What is build empathy?
The part of the eye that adjusts shape to focus near and far
What is the lens?
The tool used as a writing guide during the sensory journal.
What is typoscope?
This common communication breakdown happens when several people talk at the same time.
What is multiple speakers?
Support services for babies and toddlers (usually birth to age 3) with developmental delays or disabilities.
What is Early Intervention?
This device vibrates to wake a Deaf or Hard of hearing person, and can be placed under a pillow or mattress.
What is a vibrating alarm clock?
This part of the eye can be very pretty and controls pupil size.
What is the iris?
The sense the brain compensates with to create rich mental pictures without vision.
What is hearing?
This communication strategy involved facing the person when speaking to improve visual access.
What is face-to-face communication?
A source of specialized information, technical assistance, and resources focused on individuals with combined hearing and vision loss.
What is the DeafBlind Project?
This is approximately what percentage of spoken language a skilled lip reader can understand visually.
What is 30%?
The part of the eye that is clear, jelly-like substance that fills the space between the lens and the retina, helping the eye maintain its shape.
What is the vitreous?
The lesson learned while using human guide technique during the Touch and Trust lesson.
What is trust is built both ways?
This visual tool shows where speech sounds occur based on pitch and loudness.
What is the speech banana?
An illuminated, flat-surface workspace that glows from beneath.
What is a lightbox?
This assistive technology company offers a whole-home alerting system that sends notifications simultaneously to multiple receivers throughout the house - covering fire alarms, doorbells, baby cries, phone calls and more.
What is Bellman?
This part of the eye is actually an extension of the nervous system and has photoreceptors called rods and cons that convert light energy into electrical neural signals.
The two main senses engaged while completing the sensory journal
What are touch and smell?
This presentation metaphor represents communication access and participation within families.
What is sharing the remote?
A person who provides support by serving as a human guide to provide access for traveling to and from class, dining, and other activities relaying visual and environmental information.
What is a Co-Navigator?