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ED 032 669 EC 004 238 Sensory Aids for the Blind. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. Washington, D.C. Committee on Prosthetics Reseakh and Development. Spons Agency-Veterans Administration. Washington. D.C. Pub Date Mar 67 Note-57p. EDRS Price MF -S025 HC-S2.95 Descriptors-Artificial Speech. Auditory Perception. Braille. Equipment Evaluation. *Exceptional Child Services. Information Services. Machine Translation. Mobility Aids. Reading, Research Needs, Sensory Aids, Speech Compression. Tactual Perception. Visually Handicapped. Visually Handicapped Mobility. Visual Perception The problems of providing sensory aids for the blind are presented and a report on the present status of aids discusses direct translation and recognition reading machines as well as mobility aids. Aspects of required research considered are the following: assessment of needs; vision, audition. faction. and multimodal communication; reading aids. including individual devices and service centers; and mobility aids. The evaluation of reading machines and mobility devices. the introduction or deployment of new devices or techniques, and recommendations for a long range program are also considered. (RU)