Abstract
Specialists see problems differently. Clinicians have taken a look at assistive technology for cognition and seen that training the user has presented significant problems. As a result, new methods of training have been developed to instruct cognitively disabled patients to use the technology (cf. Solhberg and Turkstra, 2011). In short, the technology was seen as something that was essentially static and with a subpar fit to the user. Computer scientists and software developers look at those same problems and see a myriad of ways software can be developed or modified so that it provides a good fit rather than a subpar fit with the user (cf. Mihailidis in this series 2011).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Cole, E. (2013). Adapting Computer Software to Address Cognitive Disabilities. In: Patient-Centered Design of Cognitive Assistive Technology for Traumatic Brain Injury Telerehabilitation. Synthesis Lectures on Assistive, Rehabilitative, and Health-Preserving Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01594-6_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01594-6_3
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-00466-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-031-01594-6
eBook Packages: Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0)eBColl Synthesis Collection 5