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Hey Deborah- If the single beam with the dvd player doesn’t seem
strong
enough to support the additional weight of the device, could a second beam
be
installed parallel to the first one, solely to support the weight of the
eye
gaze system? I know this wasn’t the point of the email, but I was
curious
about why he didn’t use a wheelchair or a gurney… (I had
a friend who wasn’t
able to sit upright in a wheelchair. He was able to use a motorized
gurney to
get around (he operated the joystick with his foot.) When his
condition
changed, and he couldn’t use drive his gurney independently anymore,
an
attendant pushed it…) In any case, I was just curious… Take care, Margaret Cotts From:
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[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Deborah
Bell Hi there, I have a young man who is bedbound due to a near drowning.
He
probably will not be in a wheelchair again but will remain in bed. We have
found that he can use eye gaze successfully with an sgd. We cannot use the
rolling mount due to the size of his bedroom and the space needed to care
for
him. We wanted to mount it overhead from a beam across the ceiling that
already
has his dvd player. We thought of the idea of a plate with a swiveling ball
joint aka. the viewmaster. But our a.t. consultant is very adamant
that
the weight of the device and mount puts it at risk for falling (this is
earthquake country) and could harm our user and put the consultants at
great
risk. We are considering drilling a hole in the floor and inserting a pole
with
a cross piece that holds the sgd and will swivel for his sight line. This
is
pretty hard to figure out. Daessy has a wall mount-but I am not sure on
it’s
length. We have to leave room between the wall and his bed for his feeding
machine. Any ideas? Deborah Bell, Santa Cruz, CA |