title: Communication systems for deaf people: a review of possibilities.
abstract: This article reviews the possibilities for communication in deaf people. The various types of deafness are categorised and their associated problems briefly discussed. Communication aids are then described in greater detail in terms of the three possible modes of transmission and reception: speech, the written word and coded signals.
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003201:Computers; D003638:Deafness / Q000145:classification / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008085:Lipreading; D013060:Speech; D013689:Telephone