Leah GiarritanoNovember 2, 2012Survey of Exceptional ChildrenAdaptive/Assistive Device Research

Part 1

DynaVox EyeMax System: This device and its accessories give individuals with speech and language disabilities the ability to communicate and control their environment with just the blink of an eye. This solution may be good for those have a degree of controlled head movement or no head movement at all.

http://www.dynavoxtech.com/products/eyemax/

Clarity AlertMaster AL 10 Visual Alert System: Used in the homes of the hearing impaired, this system monitors phone, doorbell and alarms and provides alerts by lighting the appropriate lights on the unit as well as flashing a lamp plugged into the device. This device can monitor specific sounds made by babies or young children and includes a doorbell and bed shaker. This product is geared toward deaf and hearing-impaired individuals.

http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Deaf-Alert-Systems/Clarity-AlertMaster-AL10-Visual-Alert-System

Tango: An aided voice output device for children and teenagers, most commonly with autism. It allows the user to communicate with many different modes like phrases, sentences, stories, photo albums and lists. The user is able to customize their device by storing their own specific words, phrases, sentences and photos. Tango provides text to speech

and allows the user to provide emotion in their message. This device has a built-in camera and several character voices geared toward both children and teenagers.

https://www.msu.edu/~rosstamr/more_here.html

Part 2

1. A ______________ _____________ is caused by an identifiable problem in the neuromuscular mechanism of the person.

2. _________________ occurs when a child leaves a phoneme out of a word.