High Technology Aids for the Disabled

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Page v, Duncan Guthrie
Preface, Page vii, W.J. Perkins
Contributors, Pages ix-x
Introduction, Pages 1,3, A.D. Heyes
Chapter 1 - Assessment of function, disability and cost of joint replacement, Pages 5-13, Frank Johnson
Chapter 2 - Evaluation of the mobility of blind pedestrians, Pages 14-19, A.D. Heyes, A.G. Dodds, D.D.C. Carter, C.I. Howarth
Chapter 3 - Assessment of disability due to hearing impairment, Pages 20-32, M.C Martin
Chapter 4 - Assessing audiovisual speech-reception disability, Pages 33-41, Quentin Summerfield, John Foster
Chapter 5 - A video aid to assessment and retraining of standing balance, Pages 42-55, D.M. Smith, M. Lord, E.M.L. Kinnear
Chapter 6 - New aids for the blind and deaf–blind, Pages 56-63, J.M. Gill
Discussion, Pages 64-65, A.D. Heyes
Introduction, Pages 67,69-70, M.P. Haggard
Chapter 7 - Neural-implantation techniques for disability, Pages 71-76, E.R. Hitchcock
Chapter 8 - Life, size and complexity in neurological prostheses, Pages 77-81, P.E.K. Donaldson
Chapter 9 - The potential for percutaneous optical control of implants for therapeutic stimulation, Pages 82-87, S. Salmons, J.M.C. Brown
Chapter 10 - Dorsal-column stimulation in multiple sclerosis, Pages 88-91, C.H. Hawkes, R. Beard, D. Fawcett, D.G.T. Thomas
Chapter 11 - A wrist-worn, sensory electrical substitution aid for the profoundly deaf, Pages 92-98, B.H. Brown, G.S. Dodgson, J.C. Stevens, I.L. Freeston
Chapter 12 - Strategies for high-technology hearing aids to compensate for hearing impairment of cochlear origin, Pages 99-105, G.F. Pick, E.F. Evans
Chapter 13 - Speech-signal presentation to the totally deaf, Pages 106-109, J.R. Walliker, E.E. Douek, A.J. Fourcin, B.C.J. Moore, S.M. Rosen
Chapter 14 - Problems in realizing the potential of integrated circuits in future aids for the hearing-impaired, Pages 110-122, M.P. Haggard, J.R. Trinder
Discussion, Pages 123-126, M.P. Haggard
Introduction, Pages 127,129, W.J. Perkins
Chapter 15 - Microprocessor computing and interface systems for the severely physically disabled, Pages 131-137, M.P. Bolton
Chapter 16 - Design criteria for the development of dedicated communication aids, Pages 138-143, A.W.S. Brown
Chapter 17 - Voice-operated control for high-level tetraplegia, Pages 144-147, G.H. Creasey
Chapter 18 - The Newcastle ‘Handisystem’, Pages 148-152, G.J. Flanagan
Chapter 19 - Software-adaptable input controls to a microcomputer system for physically handicapped children, Pages 153-158, P. Watts
Chapter 20 - Computer-based speech-training aids for the deaf, Pages 159-164, F. Fallside
Chapter 21 - The Sonic Pathfinder — A new travel aid for the blind, Pages 165-171, A.D. Heyes
Chapter 22 - Microcomputer aids for the disabled, Pages 172-178, W.J. Perkins, D.J. Dewhurst
Chapter 23 - Autism — Using a ‘turtle’ to establish communication, Pages 179-183, Jim Howe
Chapter 24 - Teaching writing skills to handicapped children, Pages 184-189, Jim Howe
Chapter 25 - Computer aids for rehabilitation and education (CARE), Pages 190-198, W.J. Perkins, J. Baker
Discussion, Pages 199-201, W.J. Perkins
Introduction, Pages 203,205-206, N. Ring
General considerations of the way ahead, Pages 207-210, N. Ring
Index, Pages 211-216