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How We See
Great People who were Blind
Seeing with Touch
Technology
Seeing with Music
100
The protective layer covering our eyes
What is Cornea?
100
Egyptian mathematician, theologian linguist, who is one of the most learned men of his time.
What is Didymus of Alexandria?
100
To change something slightly
What is modify?
100
Technology that helps make life easier for people who are blind.
What is Talking Computer?
100
One of the most well known blind musicians in the world
What is Ray Charles?
200
The lining on the inside of the eye
What is Retina?
200
Bohemian general: led the Bohemian army to victory over the Holy Roman emperor, Sigismund
What is Jan Ziska?
200
of, or relating to, the sense of touch
What is Tactile?
200
Small versions video magnifying for carrying in a pocket or bag
What is Portable Video Magnifier?
200
One of a kind; different from everything else
What is Unique?
300
Special light sensing cells
What is Photoreceptors?
300
English civil engineer: became an unequalled master of road building
What is John Metcalf?
300
Marine biologist who has been blind since he was three
What is Dr. Geerat Vermeij?
300
An electric device for people who are visually impaired
What is Video Magnifier?
300
Louis Braille created a a system notation called
What is Braille Music?
400
Where the brain turns signal into an image
What is Visual Cortex?
400
Austrian pianist and composer: inspired Valentin Hauy to start his school for the blind in Paris
What is Maria Theresa von Paradis?
400
In 1952, He created the Nemeth Code for mathematics and Science Notation.
What is Dr. Abraham Nemeth?
400
New idea or an improvement on an old one
What is innovation?
400
Created the first writing code for people who were blind
What is Louis Braille?
500
The two kind of Photoreceptors
What is Rod and Cones
500
French teacher and musician: at the age of 15, invented the braille writing system still used today
What is Louis Braille?
500
Help people who blind to picture the shape and structure of things too large or too far away for them to touch.
What is Tactile maps?
500
Having the ability to generate an electrical charge when mechanical force is applied
What is Piezoelectric?
500
the ability to sing or recognize a single isolated note
What is Perfect Pitch?