Hi Frank, this is from the excellent AT outcomes section of the U of
Toronto site and may be of interest?
LOMEC (Lincoln Outcome Measurement for Environmental Control)
Contact: Mr. Roger Potter, Head of Clinical Engineering
Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1FS
Telephone: +44 (0)1522-577277, Fax: +44 (0)1522-538752, email:
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There may also be other measures that have appplication eg Marcia
Sherer's MPT tool. There's a link on her site to this abstract that
refers to influential factors in getting the AT match right:
h**p://crisp.cit.nih.gov/crisp/CRISP_LIB.getdoc?textkey=7052169&p_grant_num=1R43HD052310-01&p_query=&ticket=21698742&p_audit_session_id=99726077&p_keywords=
I guess it's an obvious point but in my experience ECUs that work
for people with cognitive impairment or ID are those that provide
cue-ing as to functions using a iconic display or one incorporating
auditry feedback. Layers of heirarchical menus can also be tricky -
so if the ECU can be set to provide access to commands on one level
then that usually works best. It's also important to have the
control effect happening in a timely way - some newer LCD and plasma
TVs for example may take a few seconds to accept the IR signal and
power up - gets in the way of a clear causal relationship being made
for the person between their action of accessing the ECU and the
thing you want to happen happening.
hope this helps,
cheers,
Dave
OT Department wrote:
> Dear Ron
>
> This is a message which I hope will produce some leads for me from our well
> informed reader list!
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> I am currently researching information on the use and application of
> Environmental Control Systems for those with Cognitive impairments. Any
> pointers on this topic would be most welcome.
>
> Best regards
>
> Frank Sutcliffe, O.T.
>
>
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>> Hello All
>>
>> I just read a neat article in OT Practice called; "Teaching Children
>> with Disabilities to use the Computer Keyboard". The author, Sue Hossack,
>> OTR/L, ATP, is a former student of mine.
>>
>> Prior to becoming an OT, Sue was a software engineer. Her website,
>> www.ot-care.com may be of interest to those readers working in peds!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ron Carson
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