Special text messaging communication systems for persons with multiple disabilities

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-38

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^b   Singh, Nirbhay N ^c   Green, Vanessa A ^d   Oliva, Doretta ^e   Buonocunto, Francesca ^f   Colonna, Fabio ^f   Navarro, Jorge ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c American Health and Wellness Institute   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e LEGA F D ORO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^f S Raffaele Rehabilitation Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Blindness; Communication; Motor disabilities; Text messaging technology; Writing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; TEXT MESSAGING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INJURIES; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISABLED PERSONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84856045468     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2011.631594     Document Type: Article

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