title: A computer-based program to teach braille reading to sighted individuals.
abstract: Instructors of the visually impaired need efficient braille-training methods. This study conducted a preliminary evaluation of a computer-based program intended to teach the relation between braille characters and English letters using a matching-to-sample format with 4 sighted college students. Each participant mastered matching visual depictions of the braille alphabet to their printed-word counterparts. Further, each participant increased the number of words they read in a braille passage following this training. These gains were maintained at variable levels on a maintenance probe conducted 2 to 4 weeks after training.
authors: Louisiana State University, USA.
authors: Mindy C
authors: MC
authors: Scheithauer
authors: Jeffrey H
authors: JH
authors: Tiger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D012682:Sensory Aids; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult