A man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis uses a mouth pressure microswitch to operate a text messaging system with a word prediction function.
Objective: To assess whether a man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis could benefit from using (a) a mouth pressure microswitch instead of an optic microswitch activated via head movement and (b) a special word prediction function within a text messaging system. Method: Initially, both microswitches...
| Publicado en: | Developmental Neurorehabilitation Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 315 - 321 |
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| Formato: | case study research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2013
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