Search for dissertations about: "profound cognitive disabilities"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words profound cognitive disabilities.

  2. 1. Driving to Learn. The process of growing consciousness of tool use - a grounded theory of de-plateauing

    Author : Lisbeth Nilsson; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Rehabilitering medicinsk och social ; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; rehabilitation; revalidation; kinesitherapy; Physical medicine; arbetsmiljömedicin; Yrkesmedicin; industrial medicine; Occupational health; assessment; outcome; profound cognitive disabilities; powered wheelchair; joystick; well-being; control; self-awareness; growth; facilitate; activity; occupation;

    Abstract : The Driving to Learn project explored possible achievements of training people with cognitive disabilities in a joystick-operated powered wheelchair utilizing the grounded theory approach. Theoretical sampling led the concomitant collection and analysis of data. READ MORE

  4. 2. Congenital CMV infection and connexin 26 mutations in childhood deafness : intervention with early cochlear implantation

    Author : Eva Karltorp; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Hearing impairment (HI) is a common disability, which affects a significant proportion of the population. Early in life, however, the risk of acquiring a HI is low, with 0.2 % of all newborns having a permanent HI, and of these, 0.04 % have a severe or profound HI. READ MORE