Thursday, April 30, 2015

Sensory Aids for Persons With Auditory Impairments - Glossary of Terms

Accessibility Options
Software that address common problems that persons with disabilities have in using a standard keyboard.
Example
Smartphones and computer on screen help aids.

Alerting Devices
Sensory devices that detect sounds and then cause a vibration or a flashing light signal, or both, to call attention to the sound for a person who is deaf.
Example
Detection devices that alert people .

Assistive Listening Devices
A class of assistive devices that are intended to be in group settings such ass in lecture halls, churches, business meetings, courtrooms, and broadcast television to amplify sounds and broadcast them to receivers worn by persons who are hard of hearing.
Example
Headphones

Captioning
Captions are text versions of the spoken word presented within multimedia.
Example
Looking at pictures to understand

Closed Captioning
Television program is converted into written words,
Example
Reading the television to know what is going on.

Cochlear Implants
Head cap cochlea.
Example
A head cap that is sensitive to the ear.

Environment Sensor
Vibrating device that detects the data that the human cannot obtain via her own sensory system.
Example
A wrist buzzer

Hearing Aids
Devices that attache to the ear to hear with.
Example:
Small battery with a microphone

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