Monday, June 18, 2012

Here are some great You Tube Videos on Assistive Technology for Hearing Impairments

The video below explains some ways to use adaptive clocks and alarms. Every day I am woken up by my alarm clock (or my 4 year old) but what if I was hearing impaired how would I wake up? In this video several clocks are demonstrated. For hard of hearing there is an alarm clock that has an adjustable volume that would go loader than the average alarm clock. There is also an alarm clock that has flashing lights and a pod that you would put under your pillow, when the alarm goes off it vibrates so that you will wake up. Examples of these alarm clocks can be found at www.sonicalert.com.




Adele's Video  The Haptic Chair enhances the experience of listening to music for people who are hard of hearing. It was developed by a multi-disciplinary team at the Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Singapore. Using speakers that convert audio information into vibrations, hard of hearing users experience music through touch and bone conduction of sound.

More importantly, they look happy.



Michelle's Video   Interpretype: I even like the name.
A single system that facilitates communication among deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people. Includes face-to-face messaging and video remote sign language interpreting, 

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