What are some modes of communicating with individuals who are Deaf-Blind?

  • One-on-one communication (remember signing space – close to your face, perhaps back up).
  • Tracking- bringing hands into my signing space.
  • Tactile communication (two different ways: one hand and two handed).
  • Print on palm or POP.
  • Finger spelling- Different methods (Bird method- looks like birds pecking at seeds: Side method or back method- hand over hand).
  • Braille.
  • Cell markers on the palm of the hand in Braille. (Some people prefer this).
  • Tellatouch- used like a TTY with Braille output.
  • Morse Code.
  • Hearing aids or FM Systems.
  • Note taking.
  • TTY or computer.
  • Tadoma method- hand on the throat and on the lips to understand speech.
  • Lip reading.