While I agree, the ideal is to have a
patient turn it on or off, that is not always possible. Sometimes PALS need
a solution immediately and using alternative lasers is good in that
situation. Or perhaps they live in an area of the country that does
not have a professional that can adapt a laser. So, although we
strive for the ideal, some folks can't get access to that, so I think we
always need to consider all avenues.
Thanks,
Alisa
Alisa
Brownlee, ATP
Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology Services
ALS
(Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National Office
and Greater
Philadelphia Chapter
Direct Phone:
215-631-1877
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Hi Alisa,
Sounds like a good solution. I
just really like the pt to be able to turn the laser pointers on and off
themselves for two reasons.
1. When a partner is talking the pALS
looks at them they end up zapping them in the eye with a laser beam.
Even the eye safe ones feel uncomfortable to have shined in your
eyes. Also, I have worked in facilities that are nervous about lasers
in their staff/pt's eyes and I am afraid if the laser was on all the time
(or when not directly being used for communication )it would cause them to
say no to the whole solution.
2. When my pt can turn the laser
on and off, their communication partners know when they have something to
say and when they don't. Otherwise I find after a while no one is
paying
attention to where a pALS is pointing his/her laser. When he turns
it on though it is like an announcement that he is joining the
conversation. When he turns it off it is a clear message and no one
needs to ask "Are you still spelling something to us???"
Sincerely,
Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
Augmentative
Communication Specialist
Forbes Norris ALS Research Center
2324
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I use ones for boar hunting
rifles. They are small,
like a pencil. Once you turn them on, they stay on for the
day.
Some folks take them apart and
reconfigure them--Margart Cotts may have instructions. But I am not
handy like that, so I use the hunting ones. (I pay $39.00
for each of them. Buy them at Walmart in the sporting goods
section)
A
Alisa Brownlee,
ATP
Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology
Services
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association
National Office
and Greater Philadelphia
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Subject: Laser pointer
Hi
everyone-
Can someone suggest
a place I can get a laser pointer that turns on and off without requiring
hand usage.
I know someone had told me about a kit a while back. Someone also
mentioned hunting stores selling them??
Erin Singleton M.A., CCC-SLP
Neuroscience Outpatient Rehabilitation Center
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