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The Diving Bell and The Butterfly Or How can you write a book only using one eye?

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly Or How can you write a book only using one eye?. Jean-Dominique Bauby. How can you write a book only using one eye? It sounds like one of the riddles we were looking at last week or an impossible task -  but this is a true story of how a man called 

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The Diving Bell and The Butterfly Or How can you write a book only using one eye?

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  1. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly Or How can you write a book only using one eye?

  2. Jean-Dominique Bauby How can you write a book only using one eye? It sounds like one of the riddles we were looking at last week or an impossible task -  but this is a true story of how a man called  Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote the book The Diving Bell & The Butterfly .

  3. 'locked-in syndrome' Jean-Dominique Baubysuffered a stroke and lapsed into a coma. He awoke 20 days later paralysed in his bed, with the only exception being some movement in his head and eyes. He was mentally aware and awake but could not move or communicate. This is known as 'locked-in syndrome.' A speech therapist devised a clever way for Mr Bauby to communicate with the outside world - by blinking to spell out words! 

  4. Blinking Spelling A transcriber repeatedly read out the French alphabet until Bauby blinked to indicate that she had just read out the letter he wanted her to write down. However, to speed up the process the transcriber read out the letters NOT in alphabetical order (A,B,C,D,E,F, etc.), but in the frequency that the letters are used in everyday words. For the French language the most frequently used letter is E, then S, A, R, I, N, T, U, L, etc.

  5. The Challenge! • Get into pairs – one pupil will be Bauby and spell out words by blinking. One pupil will be the transcriber. • The pupil playing Bauby will think of a word and sit with their back to the board. The transcriber will look at the board and read the letters out in order. • The pupil playing Bauby will blink when the transcriber reads out the first letter of the word they are thinking of. The transcriber writes it down • Continue until the whole word has been spelt out! Extension – try to spell out longer words or complete sentences. Remember Baubyblinked his left eyelid about 200,000 times to spell out The Diving Bell & The Butterfly!

  6. Order of most frequently used letters in English ETAONRISH DLFCMUGY PWBVKJXQZ

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