Low Incidence Disabilities

• Bluetooth Hearing Aids that connect to a remote bluetooth microphone which the teacher wears. We use old iPhones for the teacher to wear.

  • Use hearing devices with iPhone - Apple Support

• FM System that connects to Cochlear implants which also has a bluetooth microphone for the teacher to wear.

• Accommodations for Students with Hearing Loss

• 12.9" iPads with enlarged Text and Screen Readers.

• Braille Printer used for printing tests and worksheets.

• Braille Typewriter - Perkins Brailler

• Acrobat HD ultra LCD Screen that uses a camera to enlarge items for students to use at their desk. It is large and takes up room but it is convenient for the teacher and students.

TD Snap AAC - App with pictures the students can sound out words or make sentences. Students use this to communicate with teachers and peers. Can be used on student's ipads or a stand alone device can be purchased from Tobii Dynavox.

What is AAC?
AAC is any form of communication used in addition to or instead of speech for people with a variety of disabilities. As a result, it is also sometimes referred to as assistive communication. It can consist of no technology, low-tech resources, or high-tech speech devices controlled with just a person’s fingers, eyes, or other body parts. Often, it consists of all three. AAC can be supported with symbols and text, or just text alone.

VIDEO LINKS

• Meet Alistair – AAC for ALS/MND

• Meet Brock – AAC for autism

• Meet Brad – AAC for cerebral palsy

Find out more about AAC

• Apple

  • https://apps.apple.com › app › speechify-text-to-speech-a...

  • Text to speech from Speechify lets you listen to docs, articles, PDFs, email, and various other formats — anything you read. With 20M+ users, it is the top ...

• Google Play

  • Text to Speech TTS Read Aloud - Apps on Google Play

  • https://play.google.com › store › apps › details

  • You can read text from files (PDF and TXT) like your ebook, papers, news article, email 2. You can input or type text easily via google speech recognition.

• Google Lens - Search What You See

Technology Switches

• BIGtrack Trackball Switch

• Large Print / Large Key

Hearing Contacts:

Paula Canada - pjcanada@k12.wv.us

Angela Moore - angela.k.moore@k12.wv.us

Vision Contacts:

Megan Becker - megan.becker@k12.wv.us

Buffy Spurlock - buffy.spurlock@k12.wv.us

Speech

Renee Roark - rroark@k12.wv.us

All Contacts at OSP