Hearing the world: Um ambiente de apoio à alfabetização e comunicação de deficientes auditivos e surdos

A significant parcel of the Brazilian population is carrying of auditory deficiency and deafness. A notable percentage of this population belongs to school age, but few are inserted in this circuit. Thus, it is evidenced that so low amount of students with auditory deficiency and deafness occurs for the fact of Libras (Lingua Brasileira de Sinais – Signals Brazilian Language) is not a study object, even so many people dominates it. On the other hand, the listeners do not know the signals’ language, what makes difficult their communication with auditory deficient and deaf. This manner, the development of an educative environment was thought, aiming at to assist auditory deficient and deaf as much in their reading and writing’s process as well as in their communication with listeners throughout the life. Key-words: auditory deficiency and deafness, Libras, communication