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Leber’s Amaurosis Study - Focus on Music 3. Subjects Needed.
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October 20th, 2010 - TSBVI Campus
Want to know what and Audio Graphing Calculator (AGC) can and cannot do? In this workshop you will learn how to navigate the various screen pages and understand what each feature permits. You will have opportunities to graph a few functions by inserting equations and plotting points, listen to their audio waves, and print/emboss the resulting graphs. We will also work with matrices and explore the evaluator screen. Finally, we will test the usefulness of the AGC in solving sample algebra problems.
Registation fee(s): (early reg. until October 6th & late reg. until October 20th)
(Can cancel by 5:00 PM on 10/19/2010 without penalty.)
For attendance please visit our Registration Website.
YOU have our ANSWERS!
YOU were a student in Project PAVE, so for a research project, PAVE wants to hear what YOU think about optical devices-such as the magnifiers, telescopes and reading glasses from PAVE.
We don’t know much about how persons with low vision do everyday activities. We are going to ask you when and where you use or do not use optical devices and why you make that decision.
To get involved, contact me by:
Please leave your phone number and the best time for us to talk.
Thank you for your help!
I am undertaking a new study into how visual impairment affects the development of musicality in children. The research will focus on babies, children and young people with ‘Leber Congenital Amaurosis’ (often called ‘Leber’s Amaurosis’). Focus on Music 3 will follow on from two earlier studies, the first involving children with septo-optic dysplasia (whose findings were published in 2006), and the second concerned with children with retinopathy of prematurity (published late in 2009).
The findings to date suggest that musical development really does tend to be different in children who are born with little or no vision, or who lose their sight shortly after birth. But the nature of their eye condition – particularly where this is linked to a wider syndrome – can be important too. So, for example, if your child has septo-optic dysplasia and has no useful vision, then the chances of him or her having ‘absolute pitch’ (the ability to tell which note is which in music, just by listening) are greatly increased. If you child is blind through retinopathy of prematurity, however, they are even higher – about 4,000x more likely than for children who can see. This applies whether or not your child has learning difficulties.
Just what findings like these mean for the children concerned and their teachers is also an important part of the research – discovering which strategies are most effective in helping young people reach their musical potential, whether they want to engage in musical activities just for fun, or with more serious public performance in mind.
So, if your child has Leber’s Amaurosis – whether or not s/he seems to be particularly musical – and however young or old s/he is, and you would like to be involved in this new research, then please do get in touch, and I will email or post you a short questionnaire. In the meantime, if you have any questions, do contact me.
Thank you!
Adam Ockelford
Professor of Music, Roehampton University, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PU
Tel: 07818-456 472 Email: a.ockelford@roehampton.ac.uk
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