statement of problem: blindness as a disability seems to produce difficulties to reach an ideal heath status of the teeth. moreover ordinary educational health programmes for this group of population, especially children, are not successful. purpose: investigate the dental health status of these children and to see if they are really different with the normal population. materials and methods: ...

This paper reports on the results from a series of psychoacoustic experiments in the field of the auditory representation of texts via synthetic speech which comprise similar acoustic patterns so called “paronyms”. The errors which occur when listening to paronyms are classified as errors of phonological type. Thirty blind and thirty sighted students participated in psychoacoustic experiments. ...

We used an assessment that involved competing reinforcer dimensions in a concurrent-schedules arrangement to examine the effects of stimulant medication on impulsivity (i.e., sensitivity of choices to reinforcer immediacy relative to rate, quality, and effort) with 4 students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The assessments were administered in the context of a double-blind, place...

In this study we evaluate how the use of audio-based technology can facilitate school integration of blind learners through the interaction with a science videogame. This experience consisted of designing and implementing The Natomy’s Journey Game to be played by blind and sighted middle school students. The use of the videogame and its impact on the integration of blind learners into mainstrea...

Concepts, ideas, and analyses are commonly presented as graphics that are optimized for visual consumption. Does that mean blind students and professionals are out of luck? Not anymore. This presentation demonstrates best practices for multimodal visualizations for blind users of the iPad and other touchscreen mobile devices. Multimodal visualizations allow blind users to interactively explore ...