Showing posts with label Blindness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blindness. Show all posts

Friday, July 2, 2010

Stem Cell Treatments Restore Sight After 60 Years! - Justin Gardner - Political Pulse - True/Slant

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by Justin Gardner

In what can only be considered a miracle of modern science, patients receiving stem cell treatments have had their sight restored after being blind in one eye for a number of years.
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Friday, June 25, 2010

How Do Deaf Blind People Communicate?

by Tom Babinszki

In an earlier post, I have written about how a deaf blind person does her daily tasks with the help of assistive technology. Let us now focus more on the communication devices that deaf blind people use to connect with other people and exchange information with the world around them.

There are many ways for deaf blind people to communicate. The methods that they use vary with the degree or combination of their vision and hearing loss, their background, and education. And with the recent advancements in assistive technology, deaf blind people are now finding more ways to connect with other people, whether they are sitting side-by-side or kilometers apart.
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Words in My Hands: A Teacher, a Deaf-Blind Man, an Unforgettable Journey
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