Comparative evaluation of audio and audio - tactile methods to improve oral hygiene status of visually impaired school children
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Effectiveness of braille and audio-tactile performance technique for improving oral hygiene status of visually impaired adolescents
Background Visually impaired people encounter numerous challenges in their daily life which makes it a cumbersome task to pay special attention to oral health needs. Furthermore, there is little knowledge about oral health practices among caretakers and visually impaired individuals, due to which oral health is often neglected when compared to the general health. Hence, there was a need to educ...
متن کاملThe effect of oral hygiene training on plaque index in visually impaired school children
Background and Aims: Dental caries is a common childhood disease with a considerable effect on quality of life. In visually imparted children oral health and dental treatments are more complicated. To prevent oral diseases, it is necessary to educate visually impaired children. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of oral hygiene training on oral health status in visually impaired ...
متن کاملEffect of Different Educational Methods on Oral Hygiene Status of 7-13-Year-Old Hearing-Impaired Children in Tehran
Background and Aim: Hearing impairment is a leading challenge in the education of deaf children. Compared to normal children, hearing-impaired (HI) children have poor oral health due to a lack of communication skills and effective health educations. This leads us to search for a proper method to educate these children. The present study aimed to assess the effect of different educational method...
متن کاملComparison between audio and tactile systems for delivering simple navigational information to visually impaired pedestrians
Many of the current GPS (Global Positioning Systems) navigation aids use an audio method to deliver navigation information to the user. For the visually impaired person this method can be problematic. The visually impaired pedestrian relies heavily on information contained within the ambient sound environment; for location and orientation information, navigation information, and importantly, sa...
متن کاملTactile Mapping for Visually Impaired Children
Dr. Regina Vasconcellos Department of Geography/University of Sao Paulo C.P.8105 Sao Paulo SP Brazil 05508-900 Fax: 55118183159 E-mail: [email protected] The paper presents the results of five years of research on tactile mapping for visually impaired children carried out at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Based upon empirical research, the author has developed a model for tactual cartograph...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2348-3334
DOI: 10.4103/2348-3334.172403