Enabling two women with blindness and additional disabilities to make phone calls independently via a computer-aided telephone system.
Objective: To assess whether two women with blindness and additional disabilities could make independent phone calls through a computer-aided telephone system. Method: For each participant, the study involved an ABAB design, in which the A represented baseline phases and the B represented interventi...
| Publicado en: | Developmental Neurorehabilitation Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 283 - 290 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | case study research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2011
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| Sumario: | Objective: To assess whether two women with blindness and additional disabilities could make independent phone calls through a computer-aided telephone system. Method: For each participant, the study involved an ABAB design, in which the A represented baseline phases and the B represented intervention phases with the special telephone system (involving among others a net-book computer with specific software, a global system for mobile communication modem and a microswitch). Results: Both participants learned to use the system and made phone calls independently to a variety of partners such as family members, friends and staff personnel. Conclusion: The system assessed in this study might represent a useful means for enabling persons with blindness and additional disabilities to manage phone calls on their own. |
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