by Bruce Brown | December 21, 2021 | Health
Digital health for hearing impaired people includes assistive devices and hearing aids plus services such as captioning for telephones, smartphones, and other devices. Earlier this year, we wrote about ClearCaptions’ Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone...
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by Bruce Brown | May 3, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
When deaf people speak with other deaf people and others who know American Sign Language (ASL), communication is fast and generally pretty smooth. When they try to communicate with others who don’t know ASL, it can be difficult if not impossible. Lip reading...
by Alfred Poor | October 3, 2015 | General News, Health
One of the key functions for humans is communication. When you lack one or more of your senses, such as the ability to hear sounds, communications can become a great deal more challenging. People who can’t hear often learn sign language, in which hand gestures...
by Alfred Poor | July 17, 2014 | Enabling Tech, Health
People with severely impaired vision have difficulty when it comes to reading text. There are Braille versions of books, but very few titles are produced in that format. There are lots of adaptive technology products, including cameras that put a magnified image on a...
