Electronic Aids for Daily Living

Little, Roger D.

doi:10.1016/j.pmr.2009.07.008

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“…Many studies have evaluated improvements in these aspects after people with disabilities used environment control systems or electronic AT devices [17,44,73,76,77], whereas other studies have assessed ways of interacting with the environment through eye trackers [78,79]. However, no studies with the same objectives and using the same methodology of the present research, that is, use of IROG technology for SE control, have been found for comparison.…”

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Usability, occupational performance and satisfaction evaluation of a smart environment controlled by infrared oculography by people with severe motor disabilities

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A smart environment is an assistive technology space that can enable people with motor disabilities to control their equipment (TV, radio, fan, etc.) through a human-machine interface activated by different inputs. However, assistive technology resources are not always considered useful, reaching quite high abandonment rate. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a smart environment controlled through infrared oculography by people with severe motor disabilities. The study sample was composed of six individuals with motor disabilities. Initially, sociodemographic data forms, the Functional Independence Measure (FIMTM), and the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) were applied. The participants used the system in their domestic environment for a week. Afterwards, they were reevaluated with regards to occupational performance (COPM), satisfaction with the use of the assistive technology resource (QUEST 2.0), psychosocial impact (PIADS) and usability of the system (SUS), as well as through semi-structured interviews for suggestions or complaints. The most common demand from the participants of this research was ‘control of the TV’. Two participants did not use the system. All participants who used the system (four) presented positive results in all assessment protocols, evidencing greater independence in the control of the smart environment equipment. In addition, they evaluated the system as useful and with good usability. Non-acceptance of disability and lack of social support may have influenced the results.

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“…The main purpose behind the concept of Electronic Aids for Daily Living, as presented by Little (2010), is to help persons with disabilities to operate electronic appliances. In addition, other similar concepts have appeared in recent years such as alternative computer access, environmental control systems, communication aids, and power mobility, which are closely related to the same idea of bringing more independence to individuals with diseases or physical limitations.…”

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Development of a Sensing Platform Based on Hands-Free Interfaces for Controlling Electronic Devices

Rojas

Ponce

Molina

2022

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Hands-free interfaces are essential to people with limited mobility for interacting with biomedical or electronic devices. However, there are not enough sensing platforms that quickly tailor the interface to these users with disabilities. Thus, this article proposes to create a sensing platform that could be used by patients with mobility impairments to manipulate electronic devices, thereby their independence will be increased. Hence, a new sensing scheme is developed by using three hands-free signals as inputs: voice commands, head movements, and eye gestures. These signals are obtained by using non-invasive sensors: a microphone for the speech commands, an accelerometer to detect inertial head movements, and an infrared oculography to register eye gestures. These signals are processed and received as the user's commands by an output unit, which provides several communication ports for sending control signals to other devices. The interaction methods are intuitive and could extend boundaries for people with disabilities to manipulate local or remote digital systems. As a study case, two volunteers with severe disabilities used the sensing platform to steer a power wheelchair. Participants performed 15 common skills for wheelchair users and their capacities were evaluated according to a standard test. By using the head control they obtained 93.3 and 86.6%, respectively for volunteers A and B; meanwhile, by using the voice control they obtained 63.3 and 66.6%, respectively. These results show that the end-users achieved high performance by developing most of the skills by using the head movements interface. On the contrary, the users were not able to develop most of the skills by using voice control. These results showed valuable information for tailoring the sensing platform according to the end-user needs.

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Physical factors focused on activities of daily living (ADLs) and electronic aids to daily living (EADLs)

Gitlow

2019

Assistive Technologies and Environmental Interventions in Healthcare

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Electronic Aids for Daily Living

Cited by 9 publications

References 17 publications

Usability, occupational performance and satisfaction evaluation of a smart environment controlled by infrared oculography by people with severe motor disabilities

Usability, occupational performance and satisfaction evaluation of a smart environment controlled by infrared oculography by people with severe motor disabilities

Development of a Sensing Platform Based on Hands-Free Interfaces for Controlling Electronic Devices

Physical factors focused on activities of daily living (ADLs) and electronic aids to daily living (EADLs)

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