Voice Recognition Technology and Persons with Severe Mental Retardation and Severe Physical Impairment: Learning, Response Differentiation, and Affect.

Brown, Carrie C.; Cavalier, Al R.

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Publication Date: 1992

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Voice Recognition Technology and Persons with Severe Mental Retardation and Severe Physical Impairment: Learning, Response Differentiation, and Affect.

Brown, Carrie C.; Cavalier, Al R.

Journal of Special Education Technology, v11 n4 p196-206 Fall 1992

This study of an adult with severe mental retardation and severe physical impairments found that the subject learned the cause-and-effect relationship between her voice commands and resultant action controlling environmental devices, differentiated various vocalizations for different environmental actions, and experienced positive affect when she was in control. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Case Studies, Daily Living Skills, Emotional Response, Females, Multiple Disabilities, Personal Autonomy, Physical Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Technology, Training, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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