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Research Article

Enabling two women with blindness and additional disabilities to make phone calls independently via a computer-aided telephone system

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Pages 283-289 | Received 03 May 2011, Accepted 04 May 2011, Published online: 26 Aug 2011
 

Abstract

Objective: To assess whether two women with blindness and additional disabilities could make independent phone calls through a computer-aided telephone system.

Method: For each participant, the study involved an ABAB design, in which the A represented baseline phases and the B represented intervention phases with the special telephone system (involving among others a net-book computer with specific software, a global system for mobile communication modem and a microswitch).

Results: Both participants learned to use the system and made phone calls independently to a variety of partners such as family members, friends and staff personnel.

Conclusion: The system assessed in this study might represent a useful means for enabling persons with blindness and additional disabilities to manage phone calls on their own.

Objetivo: Evaluar si dos mujeres con ceguera y discapacidades adicionales pueden realizar llamadas telefónicas a través de un sistema telefónico asistido por computadora.

Método: Para cada participante, el estudio involucró un diseño ABAB, en donde A representó las fases de la línea de base y el B representó las fases de la intervención con el sistema telefónico especial (que involucraron otras intervenciones entre la computadora net-book con una aplicación específica, un sistema global para la comunicación móvil con el modem y un microinterruptor).

Resultados: Ambas participantes aprendieron a utilizar el sistema y a realizar llamadas telefónicas en forma independiente con una variedad de personas como los miembros de la familia, amigos y personal del estudio.

Conclusiones: El sistema evaluado en este estudio podría representar una herramienta útil para personas con ceguera y discapacidades secundarias para llevar a cabo llamadas telefónicas por su cuenta.

Palabras clave: Ceguera, teléfono asistido por computadora, microinterruptores, discapacidad motora

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