1. Leah Giarritano
November 2, 2012
Survey of Exceptional Children
Adaptive/Assistive Device Research
Part 1
DynaVoxEyeMax System: This device and its accessories give
individuals with speech and language disabilities the ability to
communicate and control their environment with just the blink
of an eye. This solution may be good for those have a degree of
controlled head movement or no head movement at all.
http://www.dynavoxtech.com/products/eyemax/
Clarity AlertMaster AL 10 Visual Alert System: Used in the
homes of the hearing impaired, this system monitors phone,
doorbell and alarms and provides alerts by lighting the
appropriate lights on the unit as well as flashing a lamp
plugged into the device. This device can monitor specific
sounds made by babies or young children and includes a
doorbell and bed shaker. This product is geared toward deaf
and hearing-impaired individuals.
http://www.enablemart.com/Catalog/Deaf-Alert-
Systems/Clarity-AlertMaster-AL10-Visual-Alert-System
Tango: An aided voice output device for children and
teenagers, most commonly with autism. It allows the user to
communicate with many different modes like phrases,
sentences, stories, photo albums and lists. The user is able to
customize their device by storing their own specific words,
phrases, sentences and photos. Tango provides text to speech

2. and allows the user to provide emotion in their message. This
device has a built-in camera and several character voices
geared toward both children and teenagers.
https://www.msu.edu/~rosstamr/more_here.html
Part 2
1. A ______________ _____________ is caused by an identifiable
problem in the neuromuscular mechanism of the person.
2. _________________ occurs when a child leaves a phoneme out of
a word.