ABSTRACT
Another similar point with respect to delivery is sensory deficiencies. Again, a source may have put out a warning, but unlike the other examples, this time the warning information arrives at the receiver. However, a person who is blind lacks the capability to receive the information directly if the warning is simply a printed label. Likewise a person who has permanent hearing loss is at a disadvantage for an oral warning given by another person or a recording. The person who is blind or deaf has characteristics that impair information flow to later stages of processing and, thus, would not receive the warning message through the impaired modality. One of the primary discussion points of this chapter are some possible ways to deliver warnings to individuals that may not otherwise get the information because of impaired senses and other constraints, such as task focus. Thus, the point of the concept of delivery is that in order for a warning message to be effective, it must be delivered one way or another to the at-risk individuals.
