Podcast: Play in new window | Download281-4-6-18 Vibio Bluetooth Bed Shaker Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Standard alarm clocks aren’t very effective at waking heavy sleepers or people with […]
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Vibio Bluetooth Bed Shaker
Standard alarm clocks aren’t very effective at waking people with hearing loss, especially those who are severely hard of hearing or deaf. Harris Communications offers many wake-up options, from bed shakers to lamp flashers. One of their newer products is the Vibio bed shaker. The Vibio bed shaker is guaranteed to get you up on […]
5 Speech Amplifiers
There is a variety of speech assistance products available to help those with weak speech and/or those who work in noisy environments be heard properly. One area of these products is speech amplifiers. In general, voice amplifiers are compact, personal amplification systems that provide voice boosts for different speech impairments. Some are designed for outdoor/noisy […]
AM280 – J-popper
Podcast: Play in new window | Download280-3-29-18 J-Popper Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Cans with ring pulls on them are referred to as “Easy open” cans, but to […]
Clarity XLC7BT Bluetooth Extra Loud Cordless Phone
Clarity is a company on a mission to create “smart communication solutions to help individuals who are hard of hearing live richer, more engaged lives.” It is a leader in amplified telephones, notification systems, and assistive listening devices. One example of their amplified telephones is the Clarity XLC7BT Amplified Bluetooth Phone.The Clarity XLC7BT allows users […]
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Building Support for People with Brain Injuries
In the summer of 2016, Mike Vaughan’s life changed forever. A semi-truck crushed his small Volkswagen Golf, and he sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) — one of the leading causes of death and disability across the globe. Vaughan’s long recovery in the hospital and at home left him feeling increasingly isolated and confined. A […]