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Designers: Kit Yee Au-Yeung, Daniel T. McCormick Client Coordinators: Mary Caldwell Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs A portable sensory stimulation and assessment device was designed to aid therapists in evaluation of patients recovering from head injury and coma. Currently available devices are all very large or separately stimulating devices, often occupying an entire room. […] Designers: Thomas Pawlowski, Sam Cho Client Coordinators: Lenore Champion Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs Children with brain disorders caused by disease or head trauma often have limited motor skills. Playing with objects that stimulate the senses helps facilitate their recovery and enables them to learn cause and effect ideas. The objective of this project […] Designers: Daniel McCormick Client Coordinators: Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs A supplementary communication device was designed for the client, a 6-year old boy who has limited control over his body from the neck down and cannot use speech to communicate with others. Currently he uses a Dyna-Vox to communicate but it does not provide […] Designers:Samuel Kuo and Peter Wang Client Coordinators:Mary Caldwell, Duke Hospital Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs Approximately 2 million acquired brain injuries (ABI) occur each year. Acquired brain injury refers to severe brain damage caused by a traumatic event. Brain injured children typically suffer from head balance and communication difficulties. The goals […] Designers: Mike McCarthy and Justin Wool Client Coordinators: Lenore Champion , Duke University Medical Center Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The objective of this project is to build a timer that is visually and aurally enticing to brain injured children in the Duke University Medical Center. The child friendly timer shows the passage of […] Designers: Ashlan Reid and Peter Hultman Client Coordinators: Susan Parker and Edie Kahn, Durham County Schools Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The client is a 4 year old boy with thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anaemia (TRMA), also known as Rogers Syndrome. His disease is characterized by severe physical disabilities and limited cognition. The client’s disabilities hinder […] Designers: Jason Bennett and George LaVerde Client Coordinators: Jane Stavely, Kaaren Jewell Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The client, who is now eleven, had a stroke on the left side of his brain when he was three. Consequently, he does not have the physical coordination in his right arm and hand to strum a […] Designers: Amy Congdon and Jessica Foley Client Coordinators: Linn Wakeford, Frank Porter Graham Childhood Development Center Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs Our client is a four-year-old boy with Cerebral Palsy. He has limited vision and mobility and is adult dependent. He enjoys motion, especially swinging. The goal of this project was to provide our […] Designers: Austin Derfus and Greg Garbos Client Coordinators: Debbie Reinhautsen Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The client is an eight-year old girl with cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia, blindness and half-hearing loss. Due to her limitations, swinging is one of the few stimuli she can enjoy. Her family desired a motorized swing, because she often […] Designers: Jennifer Glasgow and Thomas Meese Client Coordinators: Nancy Curtis, Easter Seals Foundation of NC Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry N. Bohs The goal of this project was to design and construct a recreational jumper for our client, a five year old girl with cerebral palsy. The primary objectives were to make the jumper safe, comfortable, […] |