Electronic communications and environmental control systems for the severely disabled
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The efficacy and benefits of environmental control systems for the severely disabled.
BACKGROUND People living with a severe disability suffer substantial personal and social consequences that reduce quality of life (QOL). One potential negative impact on the QOL of a disabled person is the loss of the ability to control devices in their immediate environment (such as the television, computer, telephones, lights, doors, etc.). Consequently, research and development has been cond...
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عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Cord
سال: 1979
ISSN: 1362-4393,1476-5624
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1979.30