[Nfbk] New Mobility app developing

[Cindy Smith]

I see your problem Rick, I think you have some very good ideas

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> On Mar 27, 2014, at 11:44 AM, "Rick Roderick" <rickrod at twc.com> wrote:
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 
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