NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Segond, Herve; Weiss, Deborah; Sampaio, Eliana – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2007
This article analyzes the attraction of stimulation produced by a visuotactile sensory substitution device, which was designed to provide optical information to infants who are blind via a tactile modality. The device was first tested on sighted infants, to demonstrate that this type of stimulation on the abdomen is pleasant and rewarding in…
Descriptors: Infants, Stimulation, Stimuli, Learning Modalities
Griffin, Harold C.; Gerber, Paul J. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1982
Four stages in the development of tactual perception are described (awareness of tactual quality, shape conception and recognition, graphic representation, and symbology systems). Educational applications for blind infants and children are given for each stage. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Developmental Stages, Educational Needs, Infants
Warren, David H. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1974
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Auditory Perception, Blindness, Exceptional Child Research