Devices that help people with disability or impaired senses move, see, hear or read, including the wheelchair, eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids and the braille writing system. An invention belongs here when its cited article describes an aid used by a person to compensate for reduced mobility, sight or hearing. It excludes implants placed inside the body and treatment machines used in hospitals. These aids are worn or carried in daily life, and their history runs from simple ground lenses to modern electronic hearing devices.
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Hearing Aid (Wikipedia)
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A hearing aid is a device designed to improve hearing by making sound audible to a person with hearing loss.
Braille (Wikipedia)
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Braille ( BRAYL; French: [bʁaj] ) is a tactile writing system used by blind or visually impaired people.
Contact Lens (Wikipedia)
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Contact lenses are ocular prosthetic devices used by over 150 million people worldwide in 2012, and they can be worn to correct vision or for cosmetic or therapeutic reasons.
Wheelchair (Wikipedia)
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It is used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illnesses, injury, disabilities, or age-related health conditions.
Glasses (Wikipedia)
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Glasses are typically used for vision correction, such as with reading glasses and glasses used for nearsightedness; however, without the specialized lenses, they are also at times used for cosmetic purposes.
Prosthesis (Wikipedia)
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In medicine, a prosthesis (pl.: prostheses; from Ancient Greek: πρόσθεσις, romanized: prósthesis, lit. 'addition, application, attachment'), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through physical trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth (congenital disorder).
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is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part
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