Use of microswitch technology and a keyboard emulator to support literacy performance of persons with extensive neuro-motor disabilities.
Objective: To assess the effectiveness and acceptability of microswitch technology and a keyboard emulator to enable three participants with extensive neuro-motor disabilities to write words. Method: In Study I, two participants triggered an automatic scanning keyboard and selected/wrote letters via...
| Publicado en: | Developmental Neurorehabilitation Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 248 - 258 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2010
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