May 24, 2016
Olga Skorokhodova’s 105th birthday
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In today's doodle we pay homage to Olga Skorokhodova, who was one of the most prolific Soviet researchers in the field of deaf and blind communication. Olga dedicated her life to carefully documenting how the deaf and blind perceive the world around them. Her work provided the basis for further studies and contributed to the development of education for the deaf and blind.
At age five, Olga suffered from meningitis which caused her to go blind and deaf. Her early childhood was further complicated by the loss of her parents. She went on to study at a clinic for blind and deaf-mute children where she met Professor Ivan Sokolianskii, who helped to restore her speech and get her access to a quality education. He would also provide the introduction to fundamental science, which would inspire her life’s work.
In her book: “How I Perceive, Imagine and Understand the World Around Me,” Olga describes in painstaking detail how she developed a heightened sense of touch, smell, vibration, temperature, and taste, in order to compensate for her lack of hearing and vision. She would later use those experiences to inform her research and inspire new learnings on the subject.
On what would have been her 105th birthday, Google celebrates Olga Skorokhodova, a woman who changed the lives of so many and never, ever gave up.
Сегодня мы отмечаем 105-летие Ольги Скороходовой — советского дефектолога и одной из самых выдающихся слепоглухих ученых. Ольга посвятила свою жизнь изучению особенностей восприятия людей с ограниченным слухом и зрением. Она внесла значительный вклад в развитие методик по развитию, воспитанию и обучению слепоглухих.
Когда Ольге было пять лет, она перенесла менингит, потеряла сначала зрение, а чуть позже и слух. Пережив смерть родителей, она попала в школу-клинику слепоглухих. Там девушка встретила профессора Ивана Афанасьевича Соколянского, который помог ей вернуть речь и получить достойное образование, а затем открыл двери в мир фундаментальной науки.
В своей книге «Как я воспринимаю, представляю и понимаю окружающий мир» Ольга скрупулезно описывает различные виды восприятия — осязание, обоняние, вибрационное чувство, температурные и вкусовые ощущения, — все, что заменяло ей слух и зрение. Личный опыт лег в основу ее собственных исследований и помог получить новые знания в этой области.
Ко дню рождения Ольги Скороходовой мы создали дудл, чтобы еще раз отметить заслуги этой выдающейся женщины, которая изменила жизнь многих и никогда не сдавалась.
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