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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Early Stimulation with Tactile Devices of Visually Impaired Children

Authors : María Visitación Hurtado Torres, María Luisa Rodríguez Almendros, María José Rodríguez Fórtiz, Carlos Rodríguez Domínguez, María Bermúdez-Edo

Published in: Computers Helping People with Special Needs

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Vision plays an essential role in development, and in recent years our understanding of the close relationship between vision and other areas of development has increased considerably. Touch-system for Visually Impaired Children (TouchVIC) is a Mobile application designed to be used as a support tool in the early stimulation of visually impaired children. It includes nine kinds of different activities for iPad, which are intended to stimulate cognitive, emotional, sensorial and motor aspects; as well as an authoring tool which allows the customization and configuration of exercises in order to adapt them to the child’s interests, needs and abilities at all times. It also has options which allow the creation of customized agendas, where activities and evaluation sessions can be sequenced and planned. Another outstanding feature of TouchVic is that it is one of the first Apps of its kind in that it is really inclusive and accessible for professionals or family members who are visually impaired.

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Metadata
Title
Early Stimulation with Tactile Devices of Visually Impaired Children
Authors
María Visitación Hurtado Torres
María Luisa Rodríguez Almendros
María José Rodríguez Fórtiz
Carlos Rodríguez Domínguez
María Bermúdez-Edo
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Computers Helping People with Special Needs

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-41266-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-41267-2

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_12