CREATIVE & INTERACTIVE
COMMUNICATION
USING TOUCH & MUSIC
Riitta Lahtinen
Communication Researcher Consultant
Russ Palmer
International Music Therapist
Riitta Lahtinen is currently doing her Phd. Research work in "Holistic & Interactive Communication Methods with Acquired Deafblind People and Families". She is involved in running International Workshops on Communication for deafblind people, couples, interpreters and professionals in Europe and Scandinavia, focusing on the needs of deafblind people, and training interpreters, planning University academic courses and publications.
Russ Palmer's philosophy of "Feeling the Music for People with a Dual-Sensory Impairment", is to share his enthusiasm for music with people with Sensory Impairment and with those with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD), to help improve their own quality of life. Through musical expression and therapy he applies a concept and understanding of how people who are losing their hearing and sight can develop other senses in their bodies and how to interpret rhythm and vibrations.