European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 20 the stars and stripes january 1978 modern living blinking Bunny helps teach deaf children to speak by Phyllis for the associated press meet the Lakisk la can say Mary had a Little its fleece was White As although Mouth recite Nursery it was designed to help Blind persons who wan to pursue a career in computer an acronym for modular output unit far talking to was developed by James a professor at West Virginia so he can substitute verbal responses for computer print it is one of several examples of How modern electronics and engineering ingenuity have joined forces to turn Lite Dis Ablel into the whether at their jobs or at some set million handicapped americans ultimately could be helped by the although Mouth was developed at Many of the electronic aids Are de improved at the Institute of rehabilitation Medicine at new York University medical another major contrib Lar is the Bell system and its Telephone pioneers of a nationwide service Organiza lion of Bell great advances in electronics that have come through solid stale phys Sci and miniaturization have re shaped our lives by giving us things such As pocket but obese advances also Are bringing new free Doms to the disabled through St Faid devices that allow the handicapped to be says Howard chairman of the Nyu medical centers department of Reti Abulila As one Rusk describes a wheelchair thai can be operated by by voice or by it move or change Speed at its owners com Mand because it is limed to respond to Only one voice or breath flow among devices his Institute tested was a sight switch designed by Nasa for the As it is activated by Eye movement leaving astronauts hands free Tor other a ital Bui on a wheelchair it proved impractical because too a Rusty Eye move ments were needed to put in into motion modern electronics and engineering ingenuity have joined forces to turn the disabled into the a Lotus control system for the Home using Oral fingerprints was deigned by James a former patient at he in continually flashing lights move aver a panel o control want id turn up the heat turn on the lights whistle As the flashing Light rests on the assigned tic machine int Picky about whether you can warble like a la can be tuned to obey Uny audible passage of air f ram the a California paralysed from the neck Down by is a tree Lance she can Type 20 words a minute on an elec tric machine called its key Board triggered by a Tongue the machine was designed by Haig who quit his Job As a weapons designer to open the Cybernetics research a nonprofit organization in that specializes in helping the Handi capped overcome communications prob another nonprofit group aiding the handicapped is the National Institute for re habilitation n1he physicians and engines describe their organization As a social and vocational  facility to which the handicapped arc referred when they need help in reshaping their based in Pomplon hire helped one partially paralysed craftsman to resume his profession by creating a one hand drafting it also helped a former army hell copier Pilot to continue at a civilian he fractured us vocal reducing the volume of his voice As Well As lowering the Pheb a couple of As a he  communicate will ground mire a speech Aid that transfers us voice to a higher Range acceptable to be helicopter radio for the arthritic who suffers loss of there arc leather cuffs to lit the Palm to hold a Toothbrush and a Holder that fits on the Back o the hand for an electric for the rusks Institute has tested a Page Turner made in Holland that operates by air and for the Diabeti it has devised a Wall bracket to hold an insulin Battle o Aid if you can pucker your lips and you can dial the change television turn on the tape this Al purpose activated by blowing into an air lube or with the flick of the has been designed by the Prentic Homich Alexander Graham mute wife and daughter were said Tat he would rather by remembered Lor what he did to help the deaf than Lor inventing the the Bell system is continuing to help overcome communications hurdles for the devices it has devel oped Range from an Art teat Larriw sold since i9h to a Vibrator when placed under a alerts a hard of hearing Sleeper to a ringing to avoid shouting to Hie hard Ofscar Public telephones can to equipped with a switch that con Moke the voice up to 400 times after the the switch automatically returns ii phone to Normal to help the Blind switchboard Belt engineers designed a Light looking like a Small Antenna on a flexible the probe emits Geiger coun Ter like signals to a plastic car thus the Blind can Tell which line in ringing by moving the probe toward the cards with Telephone numbers in i Raillo can be inserted into special phones to eliminate dealing problems for the Helen Blind and Deal at an Early said that deafness is the Grellet Handicap for a child because he learns to talk by imitating to Bel Pouch the Bell vol some Hal million la the United Stales and developed the blinking the blinking Pioneer Pap and a Monkey called Pioneer one of the stuffed animals has lighter sitting diodes in his eyes so that they Light up in response u a Childs using the same to the blinking dog is help ing preschool children team to speak at West Virginia speech therapists there say the children love talking to do and Are encouraged when they see his eyes Light up at the sound of their but the Belt zoos duties go beyond ing the physically the ing Monkey for is outfitted ii a microphone so therapists in one room can encourage conversation in another room with autistic toy is among a variety of electronic devices aiding me