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Scrivere con gli occhi: il caso di Nazzareno
Record number: 295
Last update: May 2013
Type of document: Thesis
Last update: May 2013
Type of document: Thesis
Author: Restano Magazzini L
Editorial data: Tesi Corso di Perfezionamento "Tecnologie per l'Autonomia". Università Cattolica e Fondazione Don Gnocchi, a.a. 2008-2009
Year of publication: 2009
Abstract:
(text automatically translated from Italian) Nazarene is a man of 52 years who in 2004 was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Bearer from 2006 to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), since 2007 trached and subjected to invasive mechanical ventilation (VMI). Known by local services, involved daily in order to support the family in the social and health needs, is highly motivated to maintain communication skills with family, friends and professionals. In May 2005, he was evaluated at the Laboratory Business Aids for Learning and Communication of the USL of residence, at the request of the territorial rehabilitation physiatrist, for the detection of communication aids. The Laboratory has become a point of reference in critical moments (PEG, VMI) of the disease by ensuring the coordination of multidisciplinary management and management of important issues that have gradually made. When Nazarene arrived at the laboratory aids communicated using low-tech and reported to have Personal Computer (PC) that previously used both for writing and for surfing the internet. Numerous and constant interventions were prescriptive of insertion and replacement of software and hardware technologies to vary contextually of motor skills for the progression of the disease. The tenacity of the Nazarene in wanting to be understood and "autonomous" and the use of assistive technologies have made it possible to communicate "writing with the eyes" before using the brand Eyeblink Toby Churchill (infrared sensor can sense the movement of the eye or 'lowering of the eyelid and "transform" into a trigger signal) connected to the communicator alphabetical LIGHTWRITER (Toby Churchill) equipped with speech synthesis, or PC laptop with the software Eurovocs (trademark Technology & Integration) and today thanks to the pointer eye Eyegaze System (LC Technologies)
(text automatically translated from Italian) Nazarene is a man of 52 years who in 2004 was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Bearer from 2006 to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), since 2007 trached and subjected to invasive mechanical ventilation (VMI). Known by local services, involved daily in order to support the family in the social and health needs, is highly motivated to maintain communication skills with family, friends and professionals. In May 2005, he was evaluated at the Laboratory Business Aids for Learning and Communication of the USL of residence, at the request of the territorial rehabilitation physiatrist, for the detection of communication aids. The Laboratory has become a point of reference in critical moments (PEG, VMI) of the disease by ensuring the coordination of multidisciplinary management and management of important issues that have gradually made. When Nazarene arrived at the laboratory aids communicated using low-tech and reported to have Personal Computer (PC) that previously used both for writing and for surfing the internet. Numerous and constant interventions were prescriptive of insertion and replacement of software and hardware technologies to vary contextually of motor skills for the progression of the disease. The tenacity of the Nazarene in wanting to be understood and "autonomous" and the use of assistive technologies have made it possible to communicate "writing with the eyes" before using the brand Eyeblink Toby Churchill (infrared sensor can sense the movement of the eye or 'lowering of the eyelid and "transform" into a trigger signal) connected to the communicator alphabetical LIGHTWRITER (Toby Churchill) equipped with speech synthesis, or PC laptop with the software Eurovocs (trademark Technology & Integration) and today thanks to the pointer eye Eyegaze System (LC Technologies)
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- Tesi Restano Laura - Corso Perfezionamento "Tecnologie per l'Autonomia" aa 2008/2009 File format: pdf (1,029 KB)
