Title :
A team project (including disabled students) to design compensation devices for right brain damage
Author :
Downing, Willis G. ; Pickering, Gail L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California State Univ., Northridge, CA, USA
Abstract :
The following topics are discussed: class composition; functioning of normal vision; causes of right brain damage; the occipital lobe; the parietal lobe; the temporal lobe; the frontal lobe; symptoms and impacts on daily activities; steps in the class solutions to the problems; choice of assistive methods; class division into three groups; the visual device; the sonar device. Much more was gained from this team project than engineering designs. Much was learned about students with disabilities. For instance, the students with visual impairment had an excellent spacial sense. All of the disabled students contributed excellent criticisms and observations
Keywords :
brain; sensory aids; assistive methods choice; compensation devices design; daily activities; disabled students; engineering designs; frontal lobe; normal vision functioning; occipital lobe; parietal lobe; right brain damage; sonar device; team project; temporal lobe; visual device; Biomedical engineering; Communication industry; Ear; Eyes; Hospitals; Lesions; Natural languages; Pathology; Psychology; Speech;
Conference_Titel :
WESCON/94. Idea/Microelectronics. Conference Record
Conference_Location :
Anaheim , CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9992-7
DOI :
10.1109/WESCON.1994.403559