[DOCUMENT TITLE] The
relationship between communication
technology and learning for people with
hearing or vision disabilities
Table of contents
The relationship between communication technology and learning for people with hearing or vision
disabilities. ........................................................................................................................................2
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................2
Ways of communication .................................................................................................................2
Problems they face.........................................................................................................................2
Solutions ........................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion .....................................................................................................................................3
The relationship between communication technology and learning for
people with hearing or vision disabilities.
Introduction
Today ICT is being used as a tool for improving the quality of life by improved efficiency and
enhanced effectiveness. Different types of ICT tools assist the people with disabilities by
providing them with learning opportunities, capabilities and also increase potential of the
disabled in different walks of life. ICT makes them capable by providing the ability to access
knowledge with the help of suitable digital media. ICT is playing very important role in
communicating with peers, thereby promoting collaborative and social learning environment.
ICT also helps disabled students in reading, writing, hearing and seeing process.
Ways of communication
The normal interface between a host computer and an ICT system has been difficult to wire until
recently. The potential for new forms of communication networks which can support other
disabled people is now emerging with the advancement of wireless systems. (Markakis, 2017).
Disabled people may for example, communicate with applications for locating and communicate
with terminals using wireless devices (for blind). (Yedavalli, 2017). Far-field RF wireless power
transfer with blind adaptive beamforming for Internet devices. Infrared connections make the hand
control unit with an infrared connection to a terminal workable for the disabled person. The word
'visual disability' is used to describe multiple levels of eye failure, including vision impairment,
legal blindness and blindness. Hearing disabilities range widely from moderate to deep hearing
loss. The word "distance to hearing" is used to describe people with moderate to mild hearing loss.
People with hearing impairments normally rely on visual signals. (Qiu,2020).
Problems they face
Due to various kinds of constraints, people with disabilities can struggle to use ICT applications
and devices easily, as others do. Any of the issues commonly encountered by various types of
individuals with disabilities are: problems with the use of input devices, difficulties with display
devices, difficulties in listening to audio information, problems in machine comprehension. In
all facets of life, including schooling and learning, ICT will eliminate discrimination and provide
more opportunities for participation of people with disabled persons. In order to connect, view
and input web-based data/information, ICT provides a range of specialized software and
hardware solutions. Any of the ICT tools and software for helping various groups of disabled
learners, such as: ICT bases advanced training in skills and technical keyboards, such as braille
printers. Braille conversion of local languages, screen scanners, touch screens, eye tracking,
word processing chat, screen lengths.
Solutions
Accessibility is a device quality that makes it simple to understand, easy to use, easy to
remember, accommodating to mistakes and appealing to people in the subjective. Contained
material and resources used in LMS should be available as well, that is, that all knowledge given
for learning experience should be open to people with disabilities, irrespective of the type or
degree of impairment that they suffer. The guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium's
(W3C), which encourages the use of ICT for disabled persons, are the outcome of the
negotiations. These Guidelines for the W3C Online Accessibility Initiative are published and
widely used. (Wille, 2016). (WCAG) 2.0 has made broad guidelines that make web content more
available to a broader range of people with disabilities, including blindness and vision
deficiency, hindsight and hearing loss, learning disorders, cognitive impairments, moving
limitation, speech impairment, photosensitivity and variations of web applications developed
using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Accessibility Requirements for
Online Content 2.0. (WCAG) describes in depth how a website is to be open to disabled people.
For software developers, a User Agent Usability Guideline (UAAG) 2.0 describes how open
browsers, multimedia players and support technology interact with software developers.
Conclusion
ICT means modern interactive (hardware and software) technology and of course new standards
for disabled people in terms of learning and education. ICTs can be a valuable tool to help people
with disabilities understand and integrate. Common obstacle to travel and geographical distance
needs to be resolved to meet the needs of all disabled people. Designers and ICT software
developers must not neglect their usability and all accessibility rules in their applications must be
complied with in accordance.
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