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This study assessed the effects of an automatic cueing device in reducing the drooling of two multihandicapped students. The device: (a) provided vibratory or visual cues which lasted until the students had performed their response (wiping the mouth), and (b) reset if the students performed the response before the onset of the cue. The results were positive for both students. The mean percentage of time samples in which they were wet with saliva decreased from about 80 and 40 during the baseline to 12 and 0 respectively, during the maintenance with the cueing device. The maintenance period covered about 3.5 months. The practicality of this particular approach to the problem of drooling and the validity of a device-dependent improvement are discussed.
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Lancioni, G.E., Coninx, F., Manders, N. et al. Use of automatic cueing to reduce drooling in two multihandicapped students. Journal of the Multihandicapped Person 2, 201–210 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01100091
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