Assisstive technology
This is defined as any item or piece of equipment or product system whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized that is used to increase or improve the function capabilities of a person. (Cook and Hussy, 1995)
Assisstive technology that I looked at and really liked was the lightwriter. Lightwriters are small, robust, portable text-to-speech communication aids specially designed to meet the particular and changing needs of people with speech loss resulting from a wide range of acquired, progressive and congenital conditions. Lightwriters are reassembly expensive at around $6000. This makes it a hard for some people to be able to afford. Lightwrites are amazing for people with speech problems as they open up a whole new way of communicating with people.
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