Assisting People with Multiple Disabilities and Minimal Motor Behavior to Improve Computer Pointing Efficiency through a Mouse Wheel

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Title:	Assisting People with Multiple Disabilities and Minimal Motor Behavior to Improve Computer Pointing Efficiency through a Mouse Wheel
Authors:	Shih, Ching-Hsiang Chang, Man-Ling Shih, Ching-Tien 施清添 (東方技術學院電子與資訊系)
Contributors:	東方技術學院電子與資訊系
Keywords:	Multiple disabilities Mouse wheel DPAP Mouse driver
Date:	2009-05
Issue Date:	2012-12-24 15:45:22 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	This study evaluated whether two people with multipledisabilities and minimalmotorbehavior would be able to improve their pointing performance using finger poke ability with amousewheel through a Dynamic Pointing Assistive Program (DPAP) and a newly developed mouse driver (i.e., a new mouse driver replaces standard mouse driver, changes amousewheel into a thumb/finger poke detector, and intercepts mouse action). Initially, both participants had their baseline sessions. Then intervention started with the first participant. When his performance was consolidated, new baseline and intervention occurred with the second participant. Finally, both participants were exposed to maintenance phase, in which their pointing performance improved significantly. Both participants improved their pointingefficiency with the use of DPAP and remained highly successful through maintenance phase. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Relation:	Research in Developmental Disabilities, Vol.30, no.6, pp. 1378-1387
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science] journal

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