• DocumentCode
    3474885
  • Title

    Cognitive prostheses: communication, rehabilitation and beyond

  • Author

    Arnott, John ; Alm, Norman ; Waller, Annalu

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Comput., Dundee Univ., UK
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    346
  • Abstract
    The concept of cognitive prosthesis, a system developed to support and augment the cognitive abilities of its user, is discussed, particularly in the context of users who have some form of cognitive loss or impairment. Relevant research issues are highlighted and research systems described, particularly in the field of augmentative and alternative communication for people with impaired communication
  • Keywords
    handicapped aids; medical computing; prosthetics; augmentative communication; cognitive impairment; cognitive prosthesis; impaired communication; rehabilitation; Accidents; Birth disorders; Brain injuries; Context; Employment; Processor scheduling; Prosthetics; Software tools; Speech; Text processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • ISSN
    1062-922X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5731-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSMC.1999.816576
  • Filename
    816576