Title :
Assisted Musical/Learning Device (AMLD)
Author :
Kamm, James ; Pruehsner, William ; Enderle, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA
Abstract :
The Assisted Musical/Learning Device (AMLD) is an electronic device that combines musical creativity and educational applications into one. The AMLD affords a person with cerebral palsy to play a musical instrument; and makes learning basic hand and eye coordination skills through a unique control panel an enjoyable experience
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; electronic music; handicapped aids; musical instruments; PIC microcontroller; assisted musical/learning device; cerebral palsy patient; control buttons; control panel; educational applications; electronic device; hand and eye coordination skills; musical creativity; pressure-compensating transducer mouthpiece; Acoustic transducers; Birth disorders; Engineering students; Instruments; Loudspeakers; Pressing; Shape; Speech; Systems engineering and theory; Wheelchairs;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 25th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
West Hartford, CT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5486-9
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1999.755798
