Communication opportunities via special messaging technology for two post-coma persons with multiple disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1703-1708

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^b   Singh, Nirbhay N ^c   Sigafoos, Jeff ^d   Buonocunto, Francesca ^e   Sacco, Valentina ^e   Colonna, Fabio ^e   Navarro, Jorge ^e   Lanzilotti, Crocifissa ^e   de Pace, Claudia ^a   Megna, Marisa ^a   Oliva, Doretta ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e S Raffaele Rehabilitation Center   (Italy)

^f LEGA F D ORO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Emergence from minimally conscious state; Messaging technology; Microswitches

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION MODEM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POST COMA PATIENT; PROCESS DESIGN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; COMA; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOVEMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79958296295     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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