Dear David
That's great information and thanks for sharing it with us.
With best regards
Frank
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From: "David Harraway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [OTlist] OT-Care.com
> Hi Frank, this is from the excellent AT outcomes section of the U of
> Toronto site and may be of interest?
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> LOMEC (Lincoln Outcome Measurement for Environmental Control)
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> 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:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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:
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> 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=
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> 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.
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> hope this helps,
> cheers,
> Dave
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> OT Department wrote:
>> Dear Ron
>>
>> This is a message which I hope will produce some leads for me from our
>> well
>> informed reader list!
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ron Carson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "OTlist" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 7:53 PM
>> Subject: [OTlist] OT-Care.com
>>
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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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