Articles report surveys and research studies as well as describe systems in educational technology. Areas treated include the following: multihandicapped blind and deaf blind children in California, by B. Lowenfeld; modern trends in mobility, by J.A. Leonard; factors in the definition of deafness as they relate to incidence and prevalence, by J. D. Schein; trachoma, by G.H. Werner and others; and learning eye fixation without visual feedback, by B.L. Toonen and J.P. Wilson. Also considered are the effect of signal strength on reaction times to auditory signals in noise, by D. Liddle; a closed circuit television system for the visually handicapped, by S.M. Genensky and others; devices for communication through tactile perception, by J.C. Bliss and H.D. Crane; and altered levels of consciousness in blind retarded children, by A.C. Stone. Current research notes are provided along with information on autobraille, the automated braille system. (JD)