The Operation of a Computer Adaptive Switch by a Child with Cerebral Palsy Using Two Body Sites.

Tanaka, Nannette K.; Lian, Ming-Gon John

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Publication Date: 1995

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The Operation of a Computer Adaptive Switch by a Child with Cerebral Palsy Using Two Body Sites.

Tanaka, Nannette K.; Lian, Ming-Gon John

Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, v13 n2 p31-42 Spr 1995

This study tested the efficiency of two different body sites (the head and the left hand) for operation of a computer adaptive switch by an adolescent with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Data were collected during an assessment phase and a motor training phase. Results after analysis of the collected data were contradictory and inconclusive. (Author/PB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Cerebral Palsy, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Interfaces, Human Factors Engineering, Input Output Devices, Man Machine Systems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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