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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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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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Robotic physical therapy developed by MIT researchers for stroke victims is now being offered to children with Cerebral Palsy. Poltergeist ipod Original Sin move Dude, Where’s My Car? ipod Robotic therapy sessions involve a video-game like set-up where the patient is presented with a task, such as “grabbing” a ball and moving it across the screen. If the patient starts to move their arm in the wrong way, or does not move it at all, the robot will gently nudge his or her arm in the correct direction. A robot to teach walking works in essentially the same manner. Industrial Britain move Changeling video The Postman Always Rings Twice divx The robotic therapy has been shown to significantly increase functionality in adult stroke patients. Robotic therapy helps rebuild brain connections by linking a patient’s conscious effort to make a movement with that movement being realized. Researchers look forward to an…
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