Principal communication systems for persons who are Deaf-blind are these:
1) touch cues
2) gestures
3) object symbols
4) picture symbols
5) sign language
6) finger spelling
7) Signed English
8) Pidgin Signed English
9) Braille writing and reading
10) Tadoma method of speech reading
11) American Sign Language
12) large print writing and reading
13) lip-reading speech
Children with deaf-blindness need to have access to a variety of adaptive/assistive devices. Many of these are listed below:
1) personal hearing aids and glasses
2) low vision devices such as CCTV, monoculars
3) easel, book stands
4) assistive listening device such as FM systems, vibrotactile aids, or auditory loops
5) alerting devices such as vibrating alarms
6) captioning for television and video materials
7) computer aided real time (CART)
8) lamps or spotlights on interpreter to help the child in visually accessing the information that is being signed
9) TDD/telebraille devices for making phone calls
10) calendar system for specific communication needs and structuring of the daily, weekly or monthly activities
11) relay services
Children with deaf-blindness need to have access to a variety of adaptive/assistive devices. Many of these are listed below:
1) personal hearing aids and glasses
2) low vision devices such as CCTV, monoculars
3) easel, book stands
4) assistive listening device such as FM systems, vibrotactile aids, or auditory loops
5) alerting devices such as vibrating alarms
6) captioning for television and video materials
7) computer aided real time (CART)
8) lamps or spotlights on interpreter to help the child in visually accessing the information that is being signed
9) TDD/telebraille devices for making phone calls
10) calendar system for specific communication needs and structuring of the daily, weekly or monthly activities
11) relay services
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