iPad, a phenomenal output of Apple products, it can potentially become a tool for communication skills and the vision of children suffering from severe visual impairment to improve. The experts even refer to a tablet computer creations of the late Steve Jobs could be a tool “modifier therapy of life” to be.
Membrane disturbance of vision, severe neurological disorder caused by damage to the brains, so that children are unable to interpret visual information.
Muriel Saunders, researchers at the University of Kansas Life Span Institute, doing research on how children respond to the adaptive controls, a device used for children with special needs and opportunities related to early language teaching, using theiPad.
“We have 15 children from three gave up four years who have suffered damage to the lining of sight to play with the iPhone. The result was amazing. They not only directly looking at people and objects, but also focused on the rays the iPhone and interact with objects on the screen, “says Saunders.
Children with impaired vision membranen meestal vision therapy with parents and therapists wear shiny boxes, boxes are often used as a doctor the results of X-rays to see, so they are easier to light and objects in high contrast to see.
“People who suffer from visual impairment BSIA membrane spend much time looking into the light. They sometimes just sit and watch the light within the house or see the sunlight through the window. They can see something through, but they see no faces and objects. They are thus like the blind, “he explained.
IPAD, which can be like a box bersiinar, has an application called Finger baby, where children can knock images and colors that appear in the form of a white background.
“With the application child is able to interact with objects that had never seen their parents,” said Saunders, who is now a proposal from the national to investigate the benefits of iPhone as a therapeutic tool.
Parents of children with visual impairment were the first to realize that the iPhone as a potential therapeutic tool. However, according to Saunders, to date, no formal studies on the ability of the iPhone in helping children with special needs to evaluate.
Meanwhile, iPhone is also known to help children with autism to adapt to sensory overload. ”IPad not only helps them interact with the screen, but also help them how to control what he sees on the screen,” says Saunders.
He added that early intervention in the lives of children with special needs are very important in the development, including improved visual function as adults. With the right technique, the brains cells can be stimulated to begin to understand what the eye sees, so the ability to display images to recognize.
“IPad can yield enormous benefits, especially for the possibility to see the children,” he said.
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