Some people who are deafblind use an approach which emphasises the use of spoken language together with lip reading and correctly fitted and adjusted hearing aids. This method is sometimes used where either person does not know the deafblind alphabet. Each letter of a word is spelt out in capital letters onto the receiver s palm. Some people who are deafblind, who are used to reading and writing as a means of communication, may request that words are written using print or large print. Braille and Moon These are both tactile means of producing text.
Braille uses a series of raised dots to represent letters or groups of letters.
Moon uses raised symbols many of which are quite close to ordinary block letters in appearance. With this method the deafblind person feels the speaker s lips and the speech vibrations from the speakers throat. Deafblind people may use computers, for example, to communicate in a large variety of ways. This is only a very brief summary of some of the uses of technology. There are many more technological adaptations, and more are being developed all the time.