Television Assisted Promotion (TAP): Enhancing Rehabilitation Outcomes with Familiar Technology

Based on previous research, this project (1) refines the TV Assisted Prompting (TAP)system hardware and software while expanding its utility to new rehabilitation domains; and (2)continues to employ an incremental design process, partnering with patients, care providers, andtherapists to design and evaluate a user-friendly system. The TV Assisted Prompting (TAP) systemoffers a simple alternative for delivering home program content through a patient¿s own TV, promptingand motivating them to initiate and complete home therapy programs. In this second phase, the TAPsystem is refined into a flexible, less expensive system for commercialization. Technical and rehabilitationdevelopment expands upon the current system features to develop user-friendly interfaces forclinicians and patients which facilitate the use of the TAP system in a variety of rehabilitation programs.The TAP system benefits the rapidly growing population of individuals with cognitive disabilitiesin need of on-going rehabilitation to maximize their progress post-injury.