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  • proper noun A tactile method of communication used by deafblind people.

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Examples

  • Ms. HERRMANN: Through an interpreter who knew the manual finger language, and then because he was trained under a different method than Helen Keller, the Tadoma method of speech, which has since gone out of -- of favor among certain teachers of the deaf-blind and the deaf-blind themselves, he was able to answer me directly in a very comprehensible speaking voice.

    Helen Keller: A Life 1998

  • The language he had learned up to then deteriorated, and he was taught Tadoma, a method of communication in which the deaf-blind person places his thumb on the speaker's lips and his fingers along the jawline to understand what is being said.

    WTOP / Business / Biz Stories 2009

  • The language he had learned up to then deteriorated, and he was taught Tadoma, a method of communication in which the deaf-blind person places his thumb on the speaker's lips and his fingers along the jawline to understand what is being said.

    WTOP / Business / Biz Stories 2009

  • The language he had learned up to then deteriorated, and he was taught Tadoma, a method of communication in which the deaf-blind person places his thumb on the speaker's lips and his fingers along the jawline to understand what is being said.

    Kentucky.com: Homepage 2009

  • This project was originally inspired by earlier studies Reed did on the Tadoma technique, a communication method taught to deaf-blind people.

    Medgadget 2009

  • Anna Sullivan taught Helen to speak using the Tadoma method of touching the lips and throat of others as they spoke, combined with finger spelling letters on the palm of Helen's hand.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Anna Sullivan taught Helen to speak using the Tadoma method of touching the lips and throat of others as they spoke, combined with finger spelling letters on the palm of Helen's hand.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Anna Sullivan taught Helen to speak using the Tadoma method of touching the lips and throat of others as they spoke, combined with finger spelling letters on the palm of Helen's hand.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Anna Sullivan taught Helen to speak using the Tadoma method of touching the lips and throat of others as they spoke, combined with finger spelling letters on the palm of Helen's hand.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

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