Speech Industry Sets a Precedent for the Deaf-Blind Community
From: Speech Technology - 05/08/2015
By: Sue Ellen Reager

Technology is working to replace what the human ear and eye have lost

There were several impressive elements to world's first online International
DeafBlind Conference. First was the fact that a conference focusing on
deaf-blind-related content was delivered solely online. The second was that
most of the presenters at the two-day conference were themselves deaf-blind
(defined as having varying degrees of vision and hearing). The third was that
many of the audience members from across the United States and 13 other
countries represented the breadth of the deaf-blind community, meaning they
(a) could not see the presentations on camera, (b) could not hear what the
presenter was saying, or (c) could neither see nor hear. There was a spectrum
in between as well.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.speechtechmag.com/Articles/Column/In-Other-Words/Speech-Industry-Sets-a-Precedent-for-the-Deaf-Blind-Community-103794.aspx

Links:
International DeafBlind Conference
http://www.deafblindtip.com/onlineconference.html

Deaf-Blind Training, Interpreting and Professional Development
http://www.deafblindtip.com