Persons with acquired brain injury and multiple disabilities access stimulation independently through microswitch-based technology |
| |
Authors: | Lancioni Giulio E Singh Nirbhay N O'Reilly Mark F Sigafoos Jeff Buonocunto Francesca Sacco Valentina D'Agostino Ida Navarro Jorge Addante Luigi M |
| |
Institution: | Department of Psychology, University of Bari, Via Quintino Sella 268, 70100 Bari, Italy. g.lancioni@psico.uniba.it |
| |
Abstract: | The possibility of enabling two adults with acquired brain injury and profound multiple disabilities to use microswitch-based technology to attain preferred environmental stimuli on their own was assessed. Each of the participants was provided with two microswitches that could be activated by right and left head-turning or head-bending responses. The microswitches were introduced sequentially according to a multiple probe design across microswitches (responses) and allowed access to different sets of auditory or visual stimuli. Eventually, the two microswitches were made available simultaneously. Sessions lasted 5 min. Each participant learned to use the two microswitches successfully and maintained consistent levels of responding when they were simultaneously available. During this phase, both participants showed large within-session variations in their right and left response frequencies, with one of them showing an overall prevalence of the left-side response. The importance of assistive technology within programs for persons with acquired brain injury and multiple disabilities is discussed. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|