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Assistive technology service provider — Assistive technology service providers help individuals with disabilities acquire and use appropriate Assistive Technology (AT) to help them participate in activities of daily living, employment and education.There are few pre service programs… … Wikipedia
assistive — as·sis·tive (ə sĭsʹtĭv) adj. Designed for use by disabled people: an assistive communications device; assistive technology. * * * … Universalium
Assistive technology — (AT) is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. AT promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform … Wikipedia
assistive listening device — a device for helping people with hearing difficulties. An assistive listening device can be a stand alone device or can work in conjunction with a hearing aid or cochlear implant. Assistive listening devices include induction loop systems,… … The new mediacal dictionary
Assistive technology — This term may be used to mean an assistive device, but more commonly denotes some kind of electronic or computerized device that helps a disabled person to function more easily in the world. Examples of assistive technology include devices that… … Medical dictionary
Device, medical — Broadly defined, any physical item used in medical treatment, from a heart pacemaker to a wheelchair. In insurance parlance, “medical device” is usually synonymous with assistive device, although it may include items more frequently thought of as … Medical dictionary
Assistive device — Any device that is designed, made, or adapted to assist a person perform a particular task. For examples, canes, crutches, walkers, wheel chairs, and shower chairs are all assistive devices … Medical dictionary
assistive — as·sist·ive ə sis tiv adj providing aid or assistance specif designed or intended to assist disabled persons <walked with an assistive device> <assistive technology for disabled persons> … Medical dictionary
assistive technology — Any device or technology that helps a disabled person. Examples are special grips for holding utensils, computer screen monitors to help a person with low vision read more easily, computers controlled by talking, telephones that make the sound… … English dictionary of cancer terms
assistive listening device — see environmental hearing aid … Medical dictionary
