Thaiany Pedrozo Campos Antunes1,2, Acary Souza Bulle de Oliveira3, Robert Hudec2, Tania Brusque Crocetta1,4, Jennifer Yohanna Ferreira de Lima Antão1, Renata Thais de Almeida Barbosa1, Regiani Guarnieri1, Thais Massetti5, David M Garner6, Luiz Carlos de Abreu1,7,8. 1. a Laboratório de Delineamento de Estudos e Escrita Científica da Faculdade de Medicina do ABC. Santo André , Sao Paulo , Brazil. 2. b Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Multimedia and Information-Communication Technology, University of Zilina, Zilina , Slovakia. 3. c Neurologia Clínica. Setor de Doenças Neuromusculares , Universidade Federal De São Paulo , Sao Paulo , Brazil. 4. d Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, Department of Mathematical Methods and Operations Research, University of Zilina, Zilina , Slovakia. 5. e Departamento De Pós-graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação , Universidade de São Paulo , Brazil. 6. f Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Cardiorespiratory Research Group, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University , Oxford , United Kingdom. 7. g Faculty of Public Health , University of Sao Paulo , Sao Paulo , Brazil. 8. h Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , Boston , USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Describe the use of assistive technology to enhance communication opportunities for older adults. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted in two databases, PubMed and Web of Science, by using two different searches in each. The search was limited to original articles, in English language, including people aged 60 years and older that used any type of assistive technology for communication. The articles found in the initial search were filtered by title, abstracts and the remaining articles were fully read. RESULTS: Eighteen studies were included in this review after the reading of full-texts. Most of the studies included apparently healthy participants with communication limitations due to aging related changes and the others included people with some pathology that prevent them from normal communication. CONCLUSION: Four categories of assistive technology were identified: assistive technology for people with speech problems; robot or videoconferencing systems; Information and Communication Technologies and, other types of assistive technology for communication, such as hearing aids and scrapbooks. Assistive technology for communication of older adults is not only used by people with disabilities that prevent them from usual communication. They are mostly for older adults without a pathological communication problem.
OBJECTIVE: Describe the use of assistive technology to enhance communication opportunities for older adults. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted in two databases, PubMed and Web of Science, by using two different searches in each. The search was limited to original articles, in English language, including people aged 60 years and older that used any type of assistive technology for communication. The articles found in the initial search were filtered by title, abstracts and the remaining articles were fully read. RESULTS: Eighteen studies were included in this review after the reading of full-texts. Most of the studies included apparently healthy participants with communication limitations due to aging related changes and the others included people with some pathology that prevent them from normal communication. CONCLUSION: Four categories of assistive technology were identified: assistive technology for people with speech problems; robot or videoconferencing systems; Information and Communication Technologies and, other types of assistive technology for communication, such as hearing aids and scrapbooks. Assistive technology for communication of older adults is not only used by people with disabilities that prevent them from usual communication. They are mostly for older adults without a pathological communication problem.
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Self-help device; alternative and augmentative communication; loneliness; social isolation
Authors: Claire M Timon; Emma Heffernan; Sophia M Kilcullen; Hyowon Lee; Louise Hopper; Joe Quinn; David McDonald; Pamela Gallagher; Alan F Smeaton; Kieran Moran; Pamela Hussey; Catriona Murphy Journal: JMIR Res Protoc Date: 2022-05-05