Automatic feedback to promote safe walking and speech loudness control in persons with multiple disabilities: two single-case studies.
Dev Neurorehabil
; 17(4): 224-31, 2014 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-24102507
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Assessing automatic feedback technologies to promote safe travel and speech loudness control in two men with multiple disabilities, respectively.METHOD:
The men were involved in two single-case studies. In Study I, the technology involved a microprocessor, two photocells, and a verbal feedback device. The man received verbal alerting/feedback when the photocells spotted an obstacle in front of him. In Study II, the technology involved a sound-detecting unit connected to a throat and an airborne microphone, and to a vibration device. Vibration occurred when the man's speech loudness exceeded a preset level.RESULTS:
The man included in Study I succeeded in using the automatic feedback in substitution of caregivers' alerting/feedback for safe travel. The man of Study II used the automatic feedback to successfully reduce his speech loudness.CONCLUSION:
Automatic feedback can be highly effective in helping persons with multiple disabilities improve their travel and speech performance.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Automação
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Fala
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Distúrbios da Fala
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Transtornos da Visão
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Caminhada
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Pessoas com Deficiência
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article