Sight or hearing capacities evolve differently in each case. Socio-cultural and technical conditions in the environment in which the deafblind live, their creativity and imagination and that of their interpreters, have generated a variety of tools and methods of expression and writing. Satoshi Fukushima is assistant professor in the University of Kanazawa. He discussed the situation of deafblind people in his country and the Support Service Personnel programme that is currently being engineered in Japan on a trial basis. Some of the experts with whom I had the opportunity to talk maintain that the forms of communication used by deafblind people stimulate their inductive, deductive and synthetic powers, so that what might seem like a rather long and drawn-out process is more like a leisurely conversation where there is a gratifying lack of hemming and hawing, beating around the bush and unnecessary chatter.
Rehabilitation possibilities Procedures in each country, each region, vary.
Carmen Cirintana, her teacher and guide, was the one who, using the Todama method based on tactile perception of voice vibrations, facilitated Laura's communication with the people around her. I'm also a bit fearsome.