Assistive technologies principles and practice / Albert M. Cook, PhD, PE, Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Janice M. Polgar, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.), FCAOT, Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.

Author/creator Cook, Albert M., 1943-
Other author Polgar, Jan Miller.
Format Electronic
EditionFourth edition.
Publication InfoSt. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier/Mosby, [2015]
Descriptionxi, 480 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Health Professions 2014 [EBCHP14]
Subjects

Uniform titleCook & Hussey's assistive technologies
Contents Introduction and framework -- Technologies that assist people who have disabilities -- Activity, human, and context : the human doing an activity in context -- Ethical issues in assistive technology -- Delivering assistive technology services to the consumer -- Making the connection : user inputs for assistive technologies -- Control interfaces for assistive technologies -- Accessing mainstream information and communication technologies: the technology and the web -- Enabling function and participation with seating technologies -- Technologies that enable mobility -- Technologies that aid transportation -- Technologies that aid manipulation and control of the environment -- Sensory aids for persons with visual impairments -- Sensory aids for persons with auditory impairment -- Assistive technologies for cognitive augmentation -- Augmentative and alternative communication systems.
General notePreceded by: Cook & Hussey's assistive technologies : principles and practice / Albert M. Cook and Jan Miller Polgar ; author emerita, Susan M. Hussey. 3rd ed. c2008.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014039969
ISBN9780323096317 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN032309631X (hardcover : alk. paper)

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