Setup by a person with deafblindness of a face-to-face communication assistive technology based on generally available applications.

Conclusions: The homemade CAD setup was based on an electronic braille notetaker connected to an iPhone via Bluetooth. The software included the iOS operating system, the VoiceOver screen reader and a text editing application, all running on the iPhone. The examination of the participant's journey found the presence of the four characteristics of the user innovator proposed by von Hippel. It appears that the participant's life has been positively impacted by the use of her homemade CAD on the nine "Activities and Participation" domains of the ICF.Implications for RehabilitationA CAD may make it easier to achieve some rehabilitation goals with respect to social participation.A person with deafblindness who becomes more autonomous with communications requires less support from rehabilitation professionals.An iPhone-based CAD provides access to a normalizing life and results in better self-esteem, among other things.Lead users facilitate future professional interventions in the field by providing positive experiences and successes that make the general public aware of the situation of persons using special technologies. PMID: 32315219 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology. - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol Source Type: research