Use of microswitch technology and a keyboard emulator to support literacy performance of persons with extensive neuro-motor disabilities

Developmental Neurorehabilitation
G E LancioniF Stasolla

Abstract

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. In Study I, two participants triggered an automatic scanning keyboard and selected/wrote letters via a small sliding movement of their hand(s) activating a touch/pressure panel (microswitch). In Study II, a third participant used the sliding movement and panel and a vocalization response with a voice-detecting microswitch. The sliding movement allowed her to light up the keyboard and select the letters and the vocalization to perform the scanning. Participants showed a better performance (shorter writing time) or an equally effective but less tiring performance with the new microswitch technology and response(s). They also preferred using this technology, and social validation ratings favoured such technology over previous solutions. The aforementioned technology may be useful to enable persons with extensive neuro-motor disabilities to write successfully.

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Mar 18, 2011·Developmental Neurorehabilitation·Giulio E LancioniMarta Olivetti Belardinelli
Jan 20, 2012·Developmental Neurorehabilitation·Giulio E LancioniJorge Navarro
Oct 14, 2014·Research in Developmental Disabilities·Fabrizio StasollaConcetta Damato
Aug 29, 2017·Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology·Heidi Horstmann Koester, Sajay Arthanat
May 8, 2018·Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology·Fabrizio StasollaFiora D'Amico
Apr 4, 2017·Assistive Technology : the Official Journal of RESNA·Heidi Horstmann Koester, Sajay Arthanat

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