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When you say “poor hand and arm
control” does that mean he maybe has enough to push the remote button
if
you build up the one button that he needs to change it back and
forth?
How is he then controlling TV for channel and volume etc?
If he needs full TV control, I would
second
a mini relax or full relax 2. Since he presumably cannot see the
computer
screen when he is watching TV, he probably needs a separate standalone
device.
There are a variety of scanning options that will allow control with a
single
switch. I would (anticipating speech decline)
be
conservative about recommending a speech recognition option, but something
like
VoiceIR might be relatively inexpensive and appropriate for now? http://www.broadenedhorizons.com/voiceir.htm
Ed Hitchcock
OTR/L Rehabilitation Institute of From:
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[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lisa L
I tried to post this the other day, but I'm not sure it went out to
everyone ont he lsit serve. Here is the casewith which I need
assistance: person with ALS mid 50's poor arm and hand control no walking sits in lift chair in assisted living
facility does not currently use his power chair has good head control and good speech
production runs his computer through his flat panel tv
monitor He used to be able to use the remote to change "input" to
computer and back to TV when he was done with the
computer He can borrow a headmouse and use tracker software to do computer
functions, but how can he independently change the input from TV to
computer
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