[NFB-Braille-Discussion] Immersion

[Cindy Ray]

Do you practice reading out loud? Reading out loud as a really good way to increase your speed. Other than that, I think you have to practice in an ordinate amount of time to gain speed. You’re doing it a little later in life. I could be wrong, and I obviously have never researched it.
Cindy Lou Ray
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> On Apr 24, 2024, at 12:25 PM, sanho817--- via NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Ramona:
> 
> Thank you. I've been blind for 19 years in October, still read at the same speed as a the average sighted six year old, and crave the opportunity to read at 250 words a minute again. I have yet to find a documented case of that ever happening. Everything I've found says adventitiously blind readers max out at about half that, often less. I keep reminding myself that "While they were saying it could not be done, it was done."
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> Warmth,
> Sanho
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> From: NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ramona W via NFB-Braille-Discussion
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 1:25 PM
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> Cc: Ramona W <walhoframona at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFB-Braille-Discussion] Immersion
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> There has been a little research on Braille learning, but I think not a lot.  Successful Braille teachers can give you examples which demonstrate this theory is correct. Since it is a change in lifestyle, it is hard to get new Braille users to do it.  It is often hard to get training facilities to teach Braille at all, and then most tell their students directly or indirectly not to expect much.  Since adult training for the blind is relatively new altogether, there is not much history.
> 
> Maybe some research in Europe.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Ramona
> 
>> On 4/24/2024 9:29 AM, Sanho Steele-Louchart via NFB-Braille-Discussion
>> wrote:
>> Ramona:
>> 
>> Was referring to adult learners, yes. I suspect the brain will adapt more quickly if I ask it to use Braille for nearly all daily literacy tasks. I was simply surprised not to see this approach discussed much in literature or research.
>> 
>> Sanho
>> 
>>>> On Apr 24, 2024, at 10:38 AM, Ramona W via NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Are you talking about the brand new learner of Braille who is an
>>> adult?  Very few, if any, kids who learn Braille at a young age will  experience fatigue if they are learning braille with their schoolwork.  If we can get adults to relax hands and full bodies, they will experience much less fatigue, both physical and mental.  Don't know for sure what you mean by immersion.  If I read a lot because a book is very exciting, I might need a break, whether the book is Braille or recorded. I don't think there has been much research on any of this.  If research is done, I hope it will be done well.  Unfortunately, that has not always been the case.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
>>> Ramona
>>> 
>>>> On 4/23/2024 6:16 PM, Sanho Steele-Louchart via NFB-Braille-Discussion wrote:
>>>> All:
>>>> 
>>>> Not seeing any research on this. Have you found better results with braille immersion over speech or do you find that immersion results in diminishing returns given neurological and cognative fatigue?
>>>> 
>>>> Sanho
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