A special messaging technology for two persons with acquired brain injury and multiple disabilities

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1236-1243

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   Singh, Nirbhay N ^b   O'Reilly, Mark F ^c   Sigafoos, Jeff ^d   Signorino, Mario ^e   Oliva, Doretta ^e   Alberti, Gloria ^e   Carrella, Luigina ^e   De Tommaso, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e Lega F D'Oro Research Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; computer aided intervention; internet; Messaging technology; microswitches; multiple disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; TELEPHONE; VISION;

EID: 77955894070     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.506857     Document Type: Article

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