How Toronto-area innovators are helping a deafblind woman summit Mount Everest

How Toronto-area innovators are helping a deafblind woman summit Mount Everest

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — As her deafness and blindness worsen, Karolina Pakenaite is endeavouring to see the summit of Mount Everest with what remains of her vision — and help from a sensory vest designed by two Toronto-area innovators.
Pakenaite, who is

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