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Case Report

Technology-assisted writing opportunities for a man emerged from a minimally conscious state and affected by extensive motor disabilities

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Pages 123-127 | Received 14 Dec 2010, Accepted 15 Dec 2010, Published online: 17 Mar 2011
 

Abstract

Objective: To assess a computer-aided technology for assisting writing in a man who emerged from a minimally conscious state and presented with extensive motor disabilities.

Method: The technology served to present letters, in groups, at the centre of a computer screen and display (write) the letters selected by the man (i.e. through a simplified pointing response) on the upper half of that screen.

Results: The results showed that the technology enabled the man to produce clear (readily readable) writing. This writing compared positively with the results obtained using a communication board containing the letters (i.e. a system already available to the man).

Conclusion: Computer-aided technology may provide basic writing (communication) opportunities to persons emerged from a minimally conscious state and affected by extensive motor disabilities and lack of speech.

Objetivo: Evaluar el uso de una tecnología asistida por computadora para ayudar a la escritura en un paciente que se recupero de un estado inconciencia y se presentarán con discapacidades motoras importantes.

Método: La tecnología sirve para visualizar letras, en grupos, en el centro de la pantalla de las letras seleccionadas (es decir, a través de una respuesta especifica) en la mitad superior de esa pantalla.

Resultados: los resultados mostraron que la tecnología permitió al paciente re producir textos claros por escrito (fácilmente legible). Este método de escritura es comparado positivamente con los resultados obtenidos mediante un tablero de comunicación que contiene las letras (es decir, un sistema ya disponible para el paciente).

Conclusión: la tecnología asistida por computadora puede proporcionar oportunidades para la recuperación de escritura en personas de salir de un estado de inconciencia y afectados por discapacidades motoras y de lenguaje importantes.

Palabra clave: inconciencia, discapacidad motora, computadora, de base tecnológica, por escrito

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