Assisting caregivers of children with cerebral palsy: Towards a self-feeding assessment spoon

Oren Zuckerman, Ronit Slyper, Tal Keren-Capelovitch, Ayelet Gal-Oz, Tamar Gal, Patrrice L. Weiss

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Abstract

Many children with cerebral palsy (CP) encounter great difficulties mastering self-feeding. We set out to assess the self-feeding skills of young children with CP via a novel instrumented spoon that monitors upper extremity biomechanics involved in eating. We describe the initial stages of an iterative design process, consisting of a focus group with domain experts, and rapid-prototyping. We discuss the physical, assessment and safety requirements for the spoon. In addition, we explain the potential of tangible interfaces to provide professional caregivers with valuable information regarding each child.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTEI 2015 - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages557-562
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450333054
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jan 2015
Event9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2015 - Stanford, United States
Duration: 15 Jan 201519 Jan 2015

Publication series

NameTEI 2015 - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityStanford
Period15/01/1519/01/15

Keywords

  • Assessment
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Children
  • Self-feeding
  • Tangible user interface

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Software

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