CIRCA: A communication prosthesis for dementia

Assistive Technology Research Series

Volumn 21, Issue , 2008, Pages 67-76

  Astell, Arlene J ^a   Alm, Norman ^b   Gowans, Gary ^b   Ellis, Maggie P ^a   Dye, Richard ^b   Campbell, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; Dementia; prosthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865452658     PISSN: 1383813X     EISSN: 18798071     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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