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Peer reviewedWerth, Louise H. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Explains the need to establish alternate communication devices between mothers and their blind infants. Mothers must demonstrate a natural ability to respond to auditory and manual cues, rather than visual cues. The importance of "tactual intimacy" is also stressed. (AS)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Auditory Stimuli, Blindness, Cues
Laenger, Charles J., Sr.; Peel, H. Herbert – 1978
The report details the development and design of a mechanical hand for communicating with deaf blind persons. It is explained that the device, which looks and functions like the human hand, forms the symbols of the one-hand manual alphabet upon command from a standard electric typewriter keyboard. The report addresses the following topics (sample…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Educational Media, Electromechanical Aids, Finger Spelling
