Touching Textures in Different Tasks by a Woman with Congenital Deaf-Blindness

Little is known about how persons with congenital deaf-blindness use hand movements efficiently for exploring different objects with different textures in different tasks. More knowledge in this area would contribute to the adaptations of educational strategies for encouraging touch and tactile expl...

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Published inJournal of visual impairment & blindness Vol. 106; no. 11; pp. 739 - 745
Main Authors Janssen, Marleen J., Huisman, Mark, Van Dijk, Jan P. M., Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2012
American Foundation for the Blind
Sage Publications, Inc
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Blindness
Caregivers
Deaf
Deafblind
Deafness
Discourse functions
Discrimination Learning
Educational Methods
Educational Strategies
Females
Finger Spelling
Fingers & toes
Genetic disorders
Housing
Interrater Reliability
Memory
Motor Reactions
Nonverbal Communication
Observation
Stimuli
Tactual Perception
Task Analysis
Touch
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Summary:Little is known about how persons with congenital deaf-blindness use hand movements efficiently for exploring different objects with different textures in different tasks. More knowledge in this area would contribute to the adaptations of educational strategies for encouraging touch and tactile exploration. The study presented in this article investigates the different tactile exploratory procedures used by a woman with congenital deaf-blindness when touching objects with microtextures in three tasks with three types of objects. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
ISSN:0145-482X
1559-1476
DOI:10.1177/0145482X1210601104