Information Design and Infography: contributions to enhance audiologists through digital educational material

Abstract

The Frequency Modulation System (FM) is an educational tool developed for children with hearing impairments, users of hearing aids and/or cochlear implants, which aims to improve the comprehension of the speech signal in noisy environments, reverberating and the distance between the individual and the sound source, mainly in the school environment (Blasaca, Ferrari and Jacob, 2006; Queiroz-Zattoni, 2011; Jacob et al, 2012). It is a feature of assistive technology consisting of two parts: transmitter and receiver. In the school routine, the transmitter captures the teacher’s voice through a microphone and leads it to the receiver – device installed next to the student’s hearing aid. Its goal is to improve communication among the hearing loss, teachers, colleagues and family members. (Brazil, 2015; Alves, 2016). It is understood by assistive technology, according to the Technical Aid Committee (CAT, 2009, p. 9), products, resources, methodologies, strategies, practices, and services that promote autonomy, independence, quality of life and social inclusion of people with disabilities or reduced mobility. For years, the inclusion of the FM System in regular classrooms benefits children with hearing impairment. However, its use became more accessible through the incorporation of the FM System to the Brazilian National Health System (SUS), which occurred from the publication of the Decree 1,274, from 25 June 2013, which includes the FM System in the Table of Procedures, Medicines, Orthotics, Prostheses and Special Materials (OPM) (Brazil, 2013). Since its implantation until December 2017, SUS has made available around 8,914 devices for the population. Because it is a device considered high cost, training actions that favor its proper use and avoid the abandonment or disinterest on the part of