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Shopping When You Are Deafblind: A Pre-Technology Test of New Methods for Face-to-Face Communication—Deafblindness and Face-to-Face Communication

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, Walter Wittich, François Bergeron, Mathieu Hotton, Bertrand Achou   +4 more
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Interventions for adults with deafblindness - an integrative review

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Purpose To compile the current research on interventions for rehabilitation aimed at adults (aged 18-65 years) with deafblindness. Materials and methods A comprehensive search was conducted in eight databases. An additional manual search was also carried
Camilla Warnicke, Moa Wahlqvist, Agneta Anderzén-Carlsson, Ann-Sofie Sundqvist   +3 more
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Dual Sensory Impairment: Impact of Central Vision Loss and Hearing Loss on Visual and Auditory Localization

Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 2023
In the United States, AMD is a leading cause of low vision that leads to central vision loss and has a high co-occurrence with hearing loss. The impact of central vision loss on the daily functioning of older individuals cannot be fully addressed without considering their hearing status.
Xiong, Ying-Zi, Addleman, Douglas A., Nguyen, Nam Anh, Nelson, Peggy, Legge, Gordon E.   +4 more
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Effect of Tactile Imitation Guidance on Imitation and Emotional Availability. A Case Report of a Mother and Her Child With Congenital Deafblindness

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Interaction between parents and children with congenital deafblindness (CDB) is easily hampered due to dual sensory loss. This case report examines imitation and emotional availability in interaction between a mother and her 3-year-old child with CDB ...
Sini Peltokorpi, Sini Peltokorpi, Marlene Daelman, Saara Salo, Minna Laakso   +4 more
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The Challenge of Being Present and Inclusive: Chaplains’ Experiences With Providing Existential Care to Older Persons With Acquired Deafblindness

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 ...
Daniel Prause, Daniel Prause, Venke Sørlie, Lars Johan Danbolt, Lars Johan Danbolt, Kirsten Anne Tornøe   +5 more
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Dual Sensory Impairment: The Correlation between Age Related Macular Degeneration and Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Medicina, 2022
The pathogeneses of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and age-related hearing impairment are not yet fully understood. If AMD and age-related hearing impairment are correlated, the cause of both may be a result of a common vulnerability.
Marina Istrate, Mihai Hasbei-Popa, Daniela Adriana Iliescu, Ana Cristina Ghiță, Brigitha Vlaicu, Mihai Aurelian Ghiță   +5 more
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Effects of dual-task interventions on gait performance of patients with parkinson’s disease: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: Parkinson’s disease is characterized by motor and non-motor symptoms that impair patients’ gait performance, especially while performing dual/concurrent tasks.
Bento, Teresa, Campos, Carlos, Lattari, Eduardo, Machado, Sérgio, Nardi, Antônio Egidio, Rocha, Nuno Barbosa F., Santos, Luís A. A.   +6 more
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From Fragmented Practice to Rich Professional Learning: The Collaborative Work of Teachers of Learners With Deafblindness

Frontiers in Education, 2020
In this study, school professionals provided a rich context for understanding how collaboration can lead to learning when educating a child with deafblindness.
Elizabeth S. Hartmann
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Electrical neurostimulation for chronic pain: on selective relay of sensory neural activities in myelinated nerve fibers [PDF]

, 2015
Chronic pain affects about 100 million adults in the US. Despite their great need, neuropharmacology and neurostimulation therapies for chronic pain have been associated with suboptimal efficacy and limited long-term success, as their mechanisms of ...
Sacré, Pierre, Sarma, Sridevi V., Guan, Yun, Anderson, William S.   +3 more
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DUAL SENSORY LOSS AND COGNITIVE TEST PERFORMANCE IN OLDER ADULTS IN INDIA [PDF]

Innov Aging, 2023
Abstract Dementia is rising in the global population, especially in low- and middle-income countries like India. Hearing and vision loss are risk factors for cognitive decline/dementia, but studies have primarily been in high income countries. This study aims to investigate the association between dual sensory loss and cognitive function
Wang, Ethan, Deal, Jennifer
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