Visual Stimulation vs Visual LightPad

THE APP _________ Visual Stimulation is dedicated to parents and their children, and is designed to stimulate newborns sight. The application has an easy and intuitive layout. Changing images is done by simply tapping the screen. To bring the navigation menu onto the screen, slide from the left edge of your device towards its opposite edge. Dismiss it by tapping away. Application settings let you set up a slide show, where images can be shuffled and displayed for a desired time. There are fifteen high contrast images built into the app. VISUAL STIMULATION _________ It has been proven by many scientific research that high contrast images are the most appealing to newborns. This is due to the fact, that babies’ brains are not yet well developed and have a lot of new information to process. Looking at the black and white images, presenting simple shapes, allows their brains to have a rest from the overwhelming world of incentives. It not only helps babies to percept and familiarize with new objects, but also gives their parents a chance to have a few moments of peace and quite. Worth noting is the fact that newborns can see clearly within ~30-35 cm (12-14 inch)

Visual LightPad creates a bright illuminated surface for developing visual perceptual and visual motor skills in people with visual impairment. It's a cheaper alternative to expensive, dedicated hardware visual impairment light boxes. Think of it as a digital light box! Adjust Visual LightPad's brightness and color, then place semi transparent toys, numbers or letters on the iPad's screen. Where colors become difficult, open the color picker and change the background color to something that accentuates the toys. Where hardware light boxes can be associated with work, iPads tend to be associated with play. Visual LightPad helps develop awareness to color and light, but using objects also helps in the development of visual perceptual skills, hand eye coordination, and both visual scanning and tracking. Visual LightPad can also be used for; - Reading content printed onto acetate - Providing a reading backlight when paper documents are placed on top of it - Photo negative illumination - Sensory / mood lighting Visual LightPad is purposefully easy to use and relatively low on features. It supports presets for easy saving and recall of preferred settings. It is designed to run on iPad, but also runs on iPhone - meaning you can keep a small light box in your pocket at all times.