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Clinician's guide to assistive technology
Title:
Clinician's guide to assistive technology
Author:
Olson, Don A.
Publication Information:
St. Louis : Mosby, [2002]

©2002
Physical Description:
xvii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Assistive technology principles. Matching consumers with appropriate assistive technologies -- Contexts : assistive technology at home, school, work and in the community -- Human factors and environmental access -- Service delivery in assistive technology -- Outcomes and performance monitoring -- Funding and public policy -- Technologies for information, communication, and access. Computer access -- Information technologies -- Augmentative and alternative communication -- Integrated systems -- Sensory aids : vision -- Sensory aids : hearing assistive listening aids and signaling devices for the hearing impaired -- Technologies for manipulation. Seating intervention and postural control -- Upper limb orthotics -- Adaptive aids for accessing technology -- Upper-limb prosthetics -- Robotics and manipulators -- Technologies for mobility and locomotion. Lower limb prosthetics -- Wheelchair mobility -- Spatial orientation and individuals with visual impairments -- Driver evaluation and vehicle modification -- Lower limb orthotics -- Technologies for environmental access. Environmental access in the workplace -- Home environments, automation, and environmental control -- Adaptive aids for self-care and child care at home -- Recreation and play environments.
ISBN:
9780815146018
Format :
Book