International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Special Issue on Disability, Virtual Reality and Rehabilitation

Edited by Penny J Standen, David J Brown, Paul M Sharkey and Joav Merrick

Volume 4(4), October -December 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Disability, rehabilitation and virtual reality

Penny J Standen, David J Brown, Paul M Sharkey , and Joav Merrick ................ 259-260

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Cooperative control of virtual objects using haptic teleoperation over the internet

Craig R Carignan, A Pontus Olsson and Jonathan Tang ................. 261-267

Using physiological measures for emotional assessment: A computer-aided tool for cognitive and behavioural therapy

Bruno Herbelin, Patrick Benzaki, Françoise Riquier, Olivier Renault, Helena Grillon and Daniel Thalmann ............... 269-277

HUMANICS 1. HUMANICS 1. Feasibility study to create a home internet-based telehealth product to supplement acquired brain injury therapy

Anthony Lewis-Brooks .................... 279-284

Creating aesthetically resonant environments for the handicapped, elderly and rehabilitation: Sweden

Anthony Lewis-Brooks and Stefan Hasselblad .................. 285-293

Interactive painting: an evolving study to facilitate reduced exclusion from classical music concerts for the deaf community

Anthony Lewis-Brooks .................. 295-301

AudioBattleShip: Blind learners cognition through sound

Jaime Sánchez .................. 303-309

AudioMath: Blind children learning mathematics through audio

Jaime Sánchez and Hector Flores .................... 311-316

On design and user evaluation of a spatial audio rendering system for blind users

Sri H Kurniawan, Adam J Sporka, Vladislav Němec and Pavel Slavík ............... 317-324

Preliminary evaluation of a desktop PC-based virtual reality driving assessment

Paul Penn, Barbara Brooks, David Rose and Tony Leadbetter ............... 325-330

Providing external memory aids in haptic visualisations for blind computer users

Steven A Wall and Stephen A Brewster .................... 331-338

Postural deficiency in intellectually disabled adults with vestibular impairment

Oz Zur, Mordechi Himellfarb, Joav Merrick and Eli Carmeli .................. 339-343

Interaction via motion observation

Mark Foyle and Rachel McCrindle ...................... 345-351

Slowing Down Speech in the Development of a Speech Therapy Tool Aimed at Children with Verbal Apraxia

Eugene Coyle, Olivia Donnellan, Elmar Jung, Marty Meinardi, Dermot Campbell, Ciaran MacDonaill, Pak Kui Leung, Charlie Pritchard, and Bunny Richardson ....................... 353–358

APPRECIATION TO REVIEW BOARD AND THE UNKNOWN REVIEWERS ............. 359

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