“Talking” with the aid of electronics opened new horizons for Mrs Phyllis Gaskell, of Papanui, when she was presented with a communication aid by the Canterbury Multiple Sclerosis Society. Mrs Gaskell who has
almost lost the power of speech because of multiple sclerosis, is the first person in New Zealand to get the “communicator,” a Dutch invention imported specially from the Netherlands at a cost $5OO.
Importation of the unit w'as the result of inquiries made about it after another member of the Canterbury Multiple Sclerosis Society saw it used in a Dutch hospital when at the world conference on multiple sclerosis in Amsterdam last year.
Pictured with Mrs Gaskell is the field officer for the society, Mrs Ann Caseley (right). The unit puts words on a small screen facing the viewer. Letters are activated by touching the keyboard.
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