International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Special issue on disability, virtual reality and associated technologies

Edited by Rachel McCrindle, Tony Brooks, Paul M Sharkey and Joav Merrick

Volume 4(3), July -September 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Editorial: Disability, virtual reality and associated technologies

Rachel McCrindle, Tony Brooks, Paul M Sharkey , and Joav Merrick .............. 151-152

REVIEW ARTICLES

A survey of modeling approaches for medical simulators

Ali Al-Khlaifah, and David Roberts .................153-160

Computer games for children with visual impairments

Yvonne Eriksson and Dan Gärdenfors ............... 161-167

Technology driven therapy for stroke rehabilitation: A new approach to treatment in the community

Rui CV Loureiro, William S Harwin, Christine F Collin and Michelle J Johnson ............... 169-175

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Employing a virtual environment in postural research and rehabilitation to reveal the impact of visual information

Emily A Keshner, Robert V Kenyon, Yasin Dhaher and Jefferson W Streepey ............. 177-182

A realtime clarification filter of dysphonic speech and its evaluation by listening experiments

Hideyuki Sawada, Norio Takeuchi and Akihiro Hisada .............. 183-188

Sign synthesis from SignWriting notation using MPEG-4, H-Anim parameters and inverse kinematics

Maria Papadogiorgaki, Nikos Grammalidis and L. Makris ................. 191-203

Using switch controlled software with people with profound disabilities

Nicole Anderton, Penny J Standen and Karen Avory ................ 205-209

Using virtual public transport for treating phobias

Viktoria Simon, Cecilia Sik Lanyi and Lajos Simon .................. 211-215

Towards eye based virtual environment interaction for users with high-level motor disabilities

Richard Bates and Howell Istance ................ 217-223

Developing interactive multimedia rehabilitation software for treating patients with aphasia

Cecilia Sik Lanyi, Erzsebet Bacsa, Rita Matrai and Zsolt Kosztyan ................ 225-229

Blind persons' acquisition of spatial cognitive mapping and orientation skills supported by virtual environment

Orly Lahav and David Mioduser .................. 231-237

The development of a virtual reality system to study tendency of falling among older people

Lars Nyberg, Lillemor Lundin-Olsson, Björn Sondell, Anders Backman, Kenneth Holmlund, Staffan Eriksson, Michael Stenvall, Erik Rosendahl, Marcus Maxhall, and Gustaf Bucht ............. 239-243

Responses to a stroke training simulator. A pilot study

Marcus Maxhall, Anders Backman, Kenneth Holmlund, Leif Hedman, Björn Sondell and Gösta Bucht ............... 245-249

Design and evaluation of a flexible travel training environment for use in a supported employment setting

David J Brown, Nicholas Shopland, James Lewis, and K Dattani-Pitt .................. 251-258

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