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Frontiers in Education, 2020 IntroductionExperiencing deafblindness is frequently accompanied by existential struggles. The number of older people with acquired deafblindness is fast increasing, and older persons’ health-related burdens are particularly associated with existential ...
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Environmental description [PDF]
, 2012 Environmental description is the description of general, physical, personal and social space and action, where visual, auditory and other sensory information is shared with the receiver in spoken, written or sign language, either vocally, i.e ...
Eich, Manfred +5 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2020 Introduction: The consequences of living with deafblindness can be vast and have been described as concerning difficulties with communication, restrictions in the activities of daily living and a lack of independence.
Moa Wahlqvist +3 more
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SAGE Open, 2022 Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, is a promising tool to produce assistive technology. For instance, individuals with deafblindness (concurrent vision and hearing loss) could benefit from tactile AM-based products as touch may be ...
Maxime Bleau +3 more
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Influence of causal attributions on Emotional and Behavioral Reactions of care workers towards challenging Behavior among persons with deafblindness [PDF]
, 2016 A large quantity of research on Challenging Behavior (CB) has focused on persons with intellectual disabilities. However, individuals with deafblindness also commonly engage in CB.
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Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2022 Autonomous vehicles are becoming a reality with great potential. However, persons with blindness, deafblindness, and deafness, who usually receive information and guidance from the driver, could miss information when travelling in an autonomous car.
Parivash Ranjbar +3 more
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Definitions of deafblindness and congenital deafblindness
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2014 In order to compile knowledge on deafblindness (DB) and congenital deafblindness (CDB), one important factor is comparison of results between different scientific studies. In an attempt to do a systematic review of the literature on cognitive assessment and CDB, considerable difficulties in determining eligibility of the studies were encountered due to
Ask Larsen, Flemming, Damen, Saskia
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Reliability of Standardized Assessment for Adults who are Deafblind [PDF]
, 2011 This study assessed the reliability of the interRAI Community Health Assessment (interRAI CHA) and Deafblind Supplement (DbS). The interRAI CHA and DbS represents a multidimensional, standardized assessment instrument for use with adults (18 and older ...
Ashworth, Melody +8 more
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The health and well-being of older adults with dual sensory impairment (DSI) in four countries [PDF]
, 2016 Objectives Dual sensory impairment (DSI) is a combination of vision and hearing impairments that represents a unique disability affecting all aspects of a person’s life.
Declercq, Anja +4 more
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Societies, 2021 This article presents the first-year results of a project that aimed to explore the feasibility of using a braille display and a smartphone in society to improve face-to-face communication for a person living with deafblindness, using a simulated ...
Claude Vincent +4 more
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