Abstract
The importance of hearing to blind persons is currently being recognized in the research projects described in the following two articles. Impaired hearing, itself an isolating factor, complicates the orientation, mobility, and communication problems of the blind individual. To a lesser extent, failure to use normal hearing effectively deprives him of the full benefit of his major perceptive power. The research project at the Industrial Home for the Blind, described in the first article, is aimed at meeting the special rehabilitation needs of the hard-of-hearing blind person. The second paper discusses the work of the Cleveland Society for the Blind in developing more efficient hearing skills.
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