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Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018

Filed:

May. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Baylor University, Waco, TX (US);

Inventor:

Bryan F. Shaw, Waco, TX (US);

Assignee:

Baylor University, Waco, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 23/40 (2006.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 21/003 (2013.01); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and system for using oral sensory stimulation with models for educating visually impaired students. The oral senses through the mouth using a three-dimensional model of a structure offer an improved approach to educating such students. A student can insert a 3-D model in the mouth and use oral senses to feel the model and learn the shape that a non-visually impaired student can see on a computer. The model can have a reference guide for orientation that can also be used to hold the model. Further, model indicia, such as Braille, can be printed on the reference guide or model to help guide the student. The student can use other senses, such as tactile or hearing senses, to understand supplemental educational information related to the model using the oral senses to feel the model and relate such feel to the educational information.


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