Optimizing Assisted Communication Devices for Children With Motor Impairments Using a Model of Information Rate and Channel Capacity
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 29
- 试验地点
- 1
研究概览
简要总结
For children who depend on devices to communicate, the rate of communication is a primary determinant of success. For children with motor impairments, the rate of communication may be limited by inability to contact buttons or cells rapidly or accurately. It is therefore essential to know how to adjust the device interface in order to maximize each child's rate of communication. The optimal rate of communication is determined by the Channel Capacity, which is the maximum value of the Information Rate for all possible keyboard button or cell layouts for the communication device. We construct a mathematical model for the information rate based on the relationship between movement time and the number of buttons per screen, the size of the buttons, and the length of a sequence of buttons that must be pressed to communicate each word in the vocabulary. We measure the parameters of the model using a custom-programmed touch-screen interface.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 5 Years 至 25 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Use of Dynavox ability to follow two-step commands impairment in arm function
排除标准
- •increased risks of study
研究组 & 干预措施
Children (with dystonia and controls)
Participants sat in a chair or their own wheelchair in front of a table whose surface height was adjusted at the midpoint between the hip and the Xiphoid process. They placed the hand that was not used for the task on their lap.
An iPad® (Apple Inc, Cupertino, California) was located on the table in portrait mode in front of the participants at a distance that ranged between 40 and 55 cm. An adjustable metal bookstand supported the iPad® to allow the participants a comfortable screen view. The size of the screen was 19.5 × 14.6 cm. Custom software was developed for the experimental task (XCode 3.2 development environment, iOS 4.2 operating system; Apple Inc, Cupertino, California).
干预措施: reprogramming assisted communication device interface (Device)
研究者
Terence Sanger
Associate Professor
University of Southern California