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Helping People See and Hear FOCUS Question How do tools help people who cannot see or cannot hear?

帮助人们看和听工具如何帮助那些看不见或听不见的人?

Making Sense of the World. Our senses help us learn about the world We use our eyes to see things. We use our ears to hear many different sounds. Some people cannot use all their senses. Some are blind. They cannot see. Some are deaf They cannot hear. Do You Know? Some people are born blind or deaf. Others become blind or deaf. from an illness or accident.

让世界变得有意义。 我们的感官帮助我们了解世界我们用眼睛看东西。 我们用耳朵听到许多不同的声音。 有些人不能运用他们所有的感官。 有些人是盲人。他们看不见。 有些是聋子，他们听不见。 你知道吗?有些人生来就失明或失聪。 其他人则失明或失聪。 因为疾病或事故。

Using Other Senses People who are missing one sense can learn to use their other senses more. Many people who are blind learn to read with touch. They use braille books. Braille books have dots that stick up The dots make letters and words. People can feel the words with their fingers!

缺少一种感官的人可以学习更多地使用其他感官。 许多盲人通过触摸来学习阅读。 他们使用盲文书籍。盲文书有突出的点，这些点组成字母和单词。 人们可以用手指感受文字!

"Seeing" with Sound Sound can help blind people go places on their own. Have you heard beeping coming from a stoplight? That sound helps blind people know when to cross the street. Some machines can hear and say words. People riding an elevator can say the number of the floor. The elevator will take them up and say which floor they are on.

用声音“看”声音可以帮助盲人自己去一些地方。 你听到红绿灯发出的哔哔声了吗? 这种声音可以帮助盲人知道什么时候过马路。 有些机器能听到并说出来。 乘坐电梯的人能说出楼层数。 电梯会把他们带上去，告诉他们在几楼。

Smartphones can listen and speak back to a person. Phones can answer questions. They can read signs out loud. Take a picture of something. The smartphone can say what it is! Technology Beep ball lets blind people use sound to play baseball. The baseball beeps and the bases buzz.

智能手机可以倾听和回应一个人。 电话可以回答问题。 他们可以大声读出标志。 拍张照片。 智能手机能说出它是什么!“哔哔球”让盲人用声音打棒球。 棒球发出嘟嘟声，垒也嗡嗡作响。

"Hearing" with Sight Many deaf people use sight to talk with others. They make words by moving their hands. They watch others move their mouth or hands to see what they are saying. Deaf people can read words on a TV screen instead of hearing the show. Do You Know? Hearing aids make sounds louder. They don't help people who cannot hear at all.

“听觉”与视觉许多聋人用视觉与他人交谈。 他们通过移动他们的手来造词。 他们会观察别人移动嘴巴或手，看他们在说什么。 聋人可以阅读电视屏幕上的文字，而不是听到节目。 你知道吗?助听器使声音更大。 他们不帮助完全失聪的人。