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ALERTE VISUELLE [4 records]

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Record 1 1994-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rehabilitation (Medicine)
  • Prostheses
DEF

A system that changes sound into light, using your lamps.

OBS

You see the sounds you do not hear. Like doorchimes, bells, telephone rings, alarm clocks, doorknocks, and laundry buzzers. You can even see a baby's cry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réadaptation (Médecine)
  • Prothèses

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
CONT

Ultérieurement les dispositifs d'alerte visuelle ou sonore pourront être remplacés par des messages parlés (...) [afin de] réduire encore les sources de distraction visuelle pour le conducteur.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rehabilitation (Medicine)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

It is a system that changes sound into light, using your lamps. You see the sounds you do not hear. ... You can choose the exact sound you want to know about .... For example, two small children in different rooms, or a telephone and a door buzzer, or an alarm clock and an oven timer. For those with vision and hearing problems, a fan, blower, or vibrator can be substituted for a lamp.

OBS

These information were obtained from the publicity brochure for Opticear, published by the Canadian Hearing Society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réadaptation (Médecine)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
OBS

Indicating/recording systems. Those systems and components which give visual or aural warning of conditions in unrelated system. Units which record, store, or compute data from unrelated systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

Systèmes de signalisation et d'enregistrement. Systèmes et équipements qui fournissent une alerte visuelle ou sonore en fonction de l'état de systèmes indépendants. Équipements qui enregistrent, stockent, ou calculent des données provenant de systèmes indépendants.

Spanish

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