Systematic Review: Investigating the Effectiveness of Assistive Technology to Enable Internet Access for Individuals With Deafblindness
Assistive Technology
Perfect, E., Jaiswal, A., et al. (2019).
Assistive Technology, 31(5), 276-285.
This systematic review investigates the effect of assistive technology for enabling individuals who are deafblind to access the internet.
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
From 1990 to October 2017
Peer-reviewed, published studies (not further specified)
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The authors of this review report that "very little research explores assistive technology that enables internet access for individuals who are deafblind" (p. 284) and that "current research has not demonstrated consideration for the heterogeneous nature of the deafblind population particularly when it comes to choice of communication method, which can limit usability of the proposed assistive technologies" (p. 284). "A deafblind user may need multiple assistive technologies to maintain adequate internet usage" (p. 284).
