Educational device especially for the blind and the blind-deaf

Details Educational device especially for the blind and the blind-deaf Educational device especially for the blind and the blind-deaf

1981-06-11

1983-03-29

Grieb, William H.

Education and demonstration

Communication aids for the handicapped

Tactile reading aid

428 13, 428 15, D11104, D18 27, G09B 2104

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043782159

ABSTRACT:
An educational device for teaching or self-teaching the manual alphabet of the deaf to anyone, especially to the blind and/or deaf and for communicating among such persons is disclosed. A plurality of three-dimensional, actual size cast or molded figures of the human hand mounted on a base and each formed in a respective letter of the manual alphabet comprise an instructional kit for teaching the manual alphabet. Each hand figure is provided thereon with embossments of the Braille character and, preferably, the English alphabet letter corresponding to the manual alphabet letter represented by such figure. Another embodiment comprises statues or figures of human beings depicted in various poses communicating with each other by sign language with Braille characters and English alphabet letters affixed on the pedestal of the statues.

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European Jeweler, p. 1, 2-1-77.
"Let's Talk", Single Hand Alphabet of the Deaf, 1 p.

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