DocumentCode
1949576
Title
The approach and evaluation of a university-based rehabilitation engineering project
Author
Sarma, L. ; LaCourse, J.R. ; Vroman, N.B. ; Croce, R.V.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Hampshire Univ., Durham, NH, USA
fYear
1994
fDate
17-18 Mar 1994
Firstpage
30
Lastpage
31
Abstract
A university based vocational rehabilitation (VR) team has been formed at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). This team helps the state vocational rehabilitation division in aiding their respective disabled clients with adaptive technical equipment to help make them more productive in their jobs. Here, the UNH/VR team´s methodology is described, along with their overall evaluation
Keywords
handicapped aids; University of New Hampshire; adaptive technical equipment; disabled clients; job productivity improvement; state vocational rehabilitation division; university-based rehabilitation engineering project; Adaptive systems; Cost function; Employment; Ergonomics; Keyboards; Productivity; Speech recognition; Switches; Virtual reality; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioengineering Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the 1994 20th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location
Springfield, MA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-1930-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEBC.1994.305187
Filename
305187
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