Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy

DynaVox helps cerebral palsy patient speak

Unlike many of us, 15-year-old Brad Flewell has never been able to take the ability to speak for granted. Because of his cerebral palsy, he was not able to speak clearly until he found a gadget called DynaVox. Gumball 3000: 6 Days in May video Trial by Fire dvd download Psycho dvd Splash Christmas Story dvd The DynaVox is a speech generating device that allows people with conditions like cerebral palsy, autism, ALS, stroke, or brain injury to make meaningful connections with the world around them. Users are able to type in a sentence and a voice speaks it for them. Trade ipod Stealing Beauty hd Soldier Blue hd Incognito move Big Nothing hd IMurders ipod Scotland, Pa. ipod Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns ipod “Brad has never been able to use his own voice,” said educational assistant Darlene Crawley. “This had enabled him to be an active participant in the classroom,…
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New Virtual Walker Helping Patients with Cerebral Palsy

A new virtual-reality device has been created to help Cerebral Palsy patients learn to walk faster and better.  The GaitAid Virtual Walker is about the size of a cell phone and involves goggles to provide sensory feedback of visual images. Lifeguard move The new device “rewires” the patients brain to follow a healthier walking pattern and is worn only 20 to 30 minutes a day. Who Framed Roger Rabbit full movie Seemless Yoram Baram invented the GaitAid Virtual Walker while he was working for NASA to navigate low-flying helicopters around obstacles.  Baram is a computer science professor and incumbent of the Roy Matas / Winnipeg Chair in Biomedical Engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.  Night on Earth film The device is designed to show optical images of objects to help patients navigate, stabilize, and pace movement.  About 80% of children and young adults tested have seen significant gains…
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Wii for CP

All the Invisible Children release Cursed video Some games for the Nintendo Wii are being developed especially for children suffering from Cerebral Palsy. They are slower paced than the commercially available games, less complicated, and are designed to help develop muscle control and hand coordination. Kull the Conqueror dvd Serpico psp Bronson The Ant Bully psp Using Wii games to increase motor function in CP victims is the brainchild of the Limbs Alive Project operated at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary. Ten families participated in the game trials. Alien Trespass trailer Drop Dead Gorgeous divx Kevin & Perry Go Large divx Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie Poltergeist trailer Valley of the Dolls divx Police Academy 6: City Under Siege movie download Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment A recent cash prize will help keep this project alive. Janice Pearse, an occupational therapist, won the 2009 national Rompa Quality of Life…
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