A Computer System Serving as a Microswitch for Vocal Utterances of Persons with Multiple Disabilities: Two Case Evaluations

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 116-120

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   Singh, Nirbhay N ^b   O'Reilly, Mark F ^c   Oliva, Doretta ^d   Montironi, Gianluigi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Lega F D'Oro Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 1542346300     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0409800211     Document Type: Article

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