Helen Keller teaching Charlie Chaplin the manual alphabet. The two first met in 1918 where Keller would communicate with Chaplin by reading his lips with her hand, feeling the movements of his jaw and vibrations of the throat.
Ojala & Sammalpenger, 2020. Vibrotactile aids in daily living solutions. European Neurofibromatosis Meeting 2020, Rotterdam and online. Poster #06. Additional slides for poster presentation. (in Finnish and English) EU_NF2020a1_5min
During this period where the changes in our environment have been enormous, specifically for CI users, and for people with impaired hearing, enormous barriers to communication have appeared, particularly the use of opaque masks, which prevent lip-reading. All of...
Seminar program was seminar – program_engelsk 07 seminar – program_dansk_03 VDNR had had annual general meeting on 25 September and got a new treasurer from Finland, Maria Kahanen, and a secretary from Denmark, Ella Myhring Høgedal. Here you can...
The Situation of Speech to Text (STT) Interpreting in Nordic and Baltic Countries 2020 A Survey among members of the VDNR Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia VDNR_Survey_on_STT STT studies Finland
September 1st. 10 years have passed since the act on the interpretation service for persons with disabilities entered into force and the service was transferred to Kela. The use of the service has more than doubled from 2011 to...
VDNR Annual meeting event is taking place on: September 23 – 26.2021
Stichting Plotsdoven (the association of the sudden and late deafened) had sent the invitation to the Nordic countries, the USA, Europe and others. Kalle Tervaskari, Liisa Sammalpenger and I attended the congress, which took place on Landgoed Zonheuvel, Amersfoortseweg...
Vibrations play a very significant role in a deaf person’s life, especially when it comes to music. Thanks to the Music: Not Impossible suit (M:NI), listening to music, especially at concerts became even more enjoyable for deaf people. Read...
