TY - GEN
T1 - Assistive technology abandonment
T2 - 16th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2018
AU - Petrie, Helen
AU - Carmien, Stefan
AU - Lewis, Andrew
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Abandonment of assistive technologies (ATs) is a serious problem – rates of abandonment can be high, 78% has been reported for hearing aids. The paper argues for the importance of studying the abandonment of ATs by collecting real-time data about the use and non-use of ATs in the lived experience of their users. In the AART-BC Project, we are studying the use and abandonment of mobility ATs including wheelchairs, walkers and prostheses. We present two apps, ESMMobilityAT and ProbMobilityAT to facilitate the collection of real-time data about mobility AT use and problems encountered with these ATs. ESMMobilityAT is based on the experience sampling method (ESM) and asks mobility AT users to answer a short questionnaire about their AT use seven times a day. ProbMobilityAT allows mobility AT users to report problems with their AT when they occur. The apps have been successfully piloted on Android and IOS smartphones, although a number of problems with deployment have been highlighted. They will now be used in a field study with mobility AT uses and can be adapted for other AT domains.
AB - Abandonment of assistive technologies (ATs) is a serious problem – rates of abandonment can be high, 78% has been reported for hearing aids. The paper argues for the importance of studying the abandonment of ATs by collecting real-time data about the use and non-use of ATs in the lived experience of their users. In the AART-BC Project, we are studying the use and abandonment of mobility ATs including wheelchairs, walkers and prostheses. We present two apps, ESMMobilityAT and ProbMobilityAT to facilitate the collection of real-time data about mobility AT use and problems encountered with these ATs. ESMMobilityAT is based on the experience sampling method (ESM) and asks mobility AT users to answer a short questionnaire about their AT use seven times a day. ProbMobilityAT allows mobility AT users to report problems with their AT when they occur. The apps have been successfully piloted on Android and IOS smartphones, although a number of problems with deployment have been highlighted. They will now be used in a field study with mobility AT uses and can be adapted for other AT domains.
KW - Apps for measuring assistive technology use
KW - Assistive technology abandonment
KW - ESMMobilityAT app
KW - Experience Sampling Method (ESM)
KW - Mobility assistive technology
KW - ProbMobilityAT app
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85049792183
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-94274-2_77
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-94274-2_77
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85049792183
SN - 9783319942735
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 532
EP - 540
BT - Computers Helping People with Special Needs - 16th International Conference, ICCHP 2018, Proceedings
A2 - Miesenberger, Klaus
A2 - Kouroupetroglou, Georgios
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 11 July 2018 through 13 July 2018
ER -