Assistive Technologies

"This book offers a comprehensive description of the needs that must be considered by IT engineers when designing technical assistance tools that can be used by disabled persons according to their specific motoric, visual, auditive, or psychic needs"--Provided by publisher. Assistive technologies, tools, and resources for the access, and use of information, and communication technologies by people with disabilities / Betania Groba, Thais Pousada, Laura Nieto Nascent access technologies for individuals with severe motor impairments / Sarah Power ... [et al.] Elderly people, disability, dependence, and new technologies / José C. Millán, Ana Maseda Augmentative and alternative communication devices : the voices of adult users / Martine Smith, Janice Murray Innovative smart sensing solutions for the visually impaired / Bruno Andò ... [et al.] An advanced concept of altered auditory feedback as a prosthetic-therapy for stuttering founded on a non-speech etiologic paradigm / Manuel Prado-Velasco, Carlos Fernandez-Peruchena The role of sensory rhythmic stimulation on motor rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease (PD) / Pablo Arias, Javier Cudeiro Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a tool for neurorehabilitation in Parkinson's disease / Pablo Arias, Nelson Espinosa, Javier Cudeiro A feedback controlled FES in rehabilitation / Yu-Luen Chen, Te-Son Kuo Human-centered metal hydride actuator systems for rehabilitation, and assistive technology / Shuichi Ino and Mitsuru Sato Web accessibility : current trends / Simon Harper, Yeliz Yesilada Catering for personal autonomy with e-mentoring supported by recommendations / Olga C. Santos ... [et al.] Blind user interfacing : requirements, models and a framework / Fernando Alonso ... [et al.] Sensors in assistive technology / Yu-Luen Chen, Walter H. Chang, Te-Son Kuo Non-manual control devices : direct brain-computer interaction / Reinhold Scherer and Rajesh P. N. Rao Wireless sensor networks and systems / Jaime Lloret ... [et al.] Model-based approaches for scanning keyboard design : present state and future directions / Samit Bhattacharya Projects from the Orange Foundation in favor of people with obstacles to communication / Verónica Pensoosi, Blanca Villamía Occupational therapists : perceptions about the non-use of recommended assistive technology (AT) / Patricia M Wielandt Sensors and their application for disabled and elderly people / Jesus Tomas ... [et al.] Telegerontology : a new technological resource for elderly support / José C. Millán-Calenti, Ana Maseda Experiences using information and communication technologies with elederly people / Laura Nieto, Betania Groba, Francisco Servia Experiences using information and communication technologies with children affected by cerebral palsy / Thais Pousada, Miriam Piñeiro, Yolanda Vizcaya. This book offers the reader new achievements within the Assistive Technology field made by worldwide experts, covering aspects such as assistive technology focused on teaching and education, mobility, communication and social interactivity, among others. Each chapter included in this book covers one particular aspect of Assistive Technology that invites the reader to know the recent advances made in order to bridge the gap in accessible technology for disabled or impaired individuals. This book contains the following chapters: (1) How to Use Low-Cost Devices as Teaching Materials for Children with Different Disabilities (Chien-Yu Lin); (2) Disabled Pupils' Use of Assistive ICT in Norwegian Schools (Sylvia Soderstrom); (3) Inclusion Through the Internet of Things (Louis Coetzee and Guillaume Olivrin); (4) An Implementation of Intelligent HTMLtoVoiceXML Conversion Agent for Text Disabilities (Young Gun Jang); (5) Touch Screens for the Older User (Niamh Caprani, Noel E. O'Connor and Cathal Gurrin); (6) Universal Design or Modular-Based Design Solutions--A Society Concern (Evastina Bjork); (7) Proposal for a New Development Methodology for Assistive Technology Based on a Psychological Model of Elderly People (Misato Nihei and Masakatsu G. Fujie); (8) New Strategies of Mobility and Interaction for People with Cerebral Palsy (R. Raya, E. Rocon, R. Ceres, L. Calderon and J. L. Pons); (9) Brazilian Assistive Technology in Bath or Shower Activity for Individuals with Physical Disability (Fabiola Canal Merlin Dutra, Alessandra Cavalcanti de Albuquerque e Souza, Claudia Regina Cabral Galvao, Valeria Sousa de Andrade, Daniel Marinho Cezar da Cruz, Daniel Gustavo de Sousa Carleto and Leticia Zanetti Marchi Altafim); (10) Imaging Systems in Assistive Technology (Milos Klima and Stanislav Vitek); and (11) Soft and Noiseless Actuator Technology Using Metal Hydride Alloys to Support Personal Physical Activity (Shuichi Ino and Mitsuru Sato) Annotation The Handbook of Research on Personal Autonomy Technologies and Disability Informatics proposes a comprehensive description of the needs that must be considered by IT engineers when designing technical assistance tools that can be used by disabled persons according to their specific motoric, visual, auditive, or psychic needs. Contributing basic knowledge for persons in IT development and health care related to physical and psychic disabilities, this book adds over 20 authoritative articles by international experts to the defining body of research in autonomy technologies and disability informatics