Use of Closed-Circuit Television with a Severely Visually Impaired Young Child

Abstract

The potential use of closed-circuit television with a young severely visually impaired girl was assessed to explore the development of visual skills related especially to the development of concepts. The subject underwent 63 training sessions over a six-month period. At the end of training, she could recognize lines, forms, shapes, letters, numbers, and words and could read short sentences. Informal brief replication efforts with four other subjects showed similar results.