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High technology aids for the disabled /
High Technology Aids for the Disabled presents some technical aids and microcomputers for the disabled. This technology could herald a major advance in improving the quality of life of many disabled people.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Boston :
Butterworths,
1983.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; High Technology Aids for the Disabled; Copyright Page; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Table of Contents; Part I: Assessment of disability; Introduction; Chapter 1. Assessment of function, disability and cost of joint replacement; Introduction; Assessment; Continuous assessment; Results; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Evaluation of the mobility of blind pedestrians; Introduction; Preliminary evaluation; Objective performance measurements; The representative route; Safety; Efficiency; Psychological stress; Increased awareness of the environment; Conclusion
- AcknowledgementsReferences; Chapter 3. Assessment of disability due to hearing impairment; Introduction; Terminology; Current assessment techniques; Children; Measurement of disability; Speech perception; Response time; Perception of quality; Psychoacoustic measures; Non-speech sounds; Tinnitus; The size of the problem; References; Chapter 4. Assessing audiovisual speech-reception disability; Introduction; The role of vision in speech understanding; Realizable goals of a test of speech-reception disability; Scoring strategies; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References
- Chapter 5. A video aid to assessment and retraining standing balanceIntroduction; A pedobarograph-based video aid; An alternative design of video aid; Final discussion; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 6. New aids for the blind and deaf-blind; Deaf-blind; Further reading; Discussion; Part II: Replacement of function; Introduction; Chapter 7. Neural-implantation techniques for disability; Introduction; Motor stimulation; Sensory systems; References; Chapter 8. Life, size and complexity in neurological prostheses; Introduction; Optimum packaging; References; Appendix
- Chapter 9. The potential for percutaneous optical control of implants for therapeutic stimulationCircuit description and realization; Further development; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 10. Dorsal-column stimulation in multiple sclerosis; Introduction; Technique; Motor function; Sensory function; Bladder control; References; Chapter 11. A wrist-worn, sensory electrical substitution aid for the profoundly deaf; Introduction; Principle of SESAD; Results; Developments; Conclusions; References
- Chapter 12. Strategies for high-technology hearing aids to compensate for hearing impairment of cochlear originThe problem; Brief outline of possible solutions; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 13. Speech-signal presentation to the totally deaf; References; Chapter 14. Problems in realizing the potential of integrated circuits in future aids for the hearing-impaired; General limits to the advancement of hearing-aid technology; A glimpse into the future; The 'development catch' for aids; What should we make technology do?; Acknowledgement; References; Discussion