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Helping Those Hearing Hassles!
Helping children with mild and moderate hearing impairments understand what they hear.
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Dragonfly: Specials Needs and Universal Access Resource
Universal Access Educational Video Games and Software.
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CD Boom Box
Note: Review only, product no longer for sale.
Switch-Adapted Boom Box with a CD Player, too!
This switch-adapted boom box has a CD player, AM/FM radio and a cassette player all in one unit! Simply plug your external capability switch (not included) into the radio/cassette jack to play music or plug your switch into the CD jack to activate your favorite CD. Comes with 1/8" jacks only.
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Play Tip!
To encourage language comprehension in children with special needs, try recording simple stories on tape and then let the child use his or her switch to independantly activate any of the Switch Adapted Boom Boxes or Tape Decks and hear the story told to them in a familiar voice. Vary the stories with lots of music too!
Typical Access Profile
Auditory Normal Low Extremely Low Not Using Hearing Hyper-Acute |
Vision Normal Low Extremely Low Not Using Vision |
Gross Motor All Some Few Not Using Gross Motor |
Fine Motor All Some Few Not Using Fine Motor |
Developmental Age Range 0 - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 13 and Over |
Language Typical Some Spoken Receptive Only Sign Assistive/Augmentitive Not Using Language |
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Eight In A Row: Developing Pre-Reading Skills
Before a child can learn to read, there are essential "pre-reading" skills that a child must master. Three of the most important are sequencing, left-right progression, and time progression (before and after). All can be explored and practiced with Eight In A Row. The puzzles show scenes that are familiar to most children. There is a child making a painting and a child getting up in the morning. Each piece has only one place to fit it onto the next piece, so children with delayed fine motor skills can usually manage the puzzle-fitting with a minimum of frustration.