[Nfbk] New Mobility app developing

[Rick Roderick]

I agree. A mobility instructor talked about an experience she had when she 
was in training. When student started counting steps, the supervising 
instructor would start talking to them to distract them. AFter all, steps 
can have varying lengths.

I would like a devic eto say, Your facing east. Turn north at the next 
intersecting corridor. I was taught to be aware of geographical directions 
during outdoor travel.

I believe that any device should be a supplement to the cane or dog, but 
here is my problem. Because of hearing loss, I wear a hearing aid in one ear 
and a cochlear implant processor. The hearing aid gives me more natural 
sound in some ways, but the CI gives me shaarper sound and a greater volume. 
The problem is that my directional hearing is very poor.

I would like to see a device developed for those of us with duo-sensory 
impairments. Perhaps one would wear gloves. A camera would be worn on the 
head, perhaps two cameras in glasses. One could then feel the traffic flow 
through the gloves as vibrations. This could also help people with normal 
hearing when a bus idles and blocks out sounds.