Cognitive Assistive Technology: Who and How?

Program ID: EE0015.111717.010
Webinar Length of Time: 1.00 Hour

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Kimberly Eichhorn, MS, CCC, SLP-ATP

Kimberly Eichhorn is a Speech Language Pathologist with 15 years clinical experience in the care of communication and swallowing disorders for Veterans in acute, long-term, rehabilitation and outpatient settings. Ms. Eichhorn has advanced practice knowledge, skills, and training in the area of assistive technologies and surgical airways. Ms. Eichhorn has collaborated on multiple interdisciplinary care projects and education to enhance the care of Veterans with cognitive-communication impairments across the lifespan.

Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.

* No conflicts have been disclosed.

Description

This presentation will attempt to provide framework for classification of cognitive assistive technologies as well as explore those patients who might find benefit from use. We will explore what the research suggests as effective applications of cognitive assistive technologies and discuss systematic ways to train the use of devices. Finally, we will discuss some practical application of technology to patients through case studies.

Learning Objectives

Upon viewing this webinar, participants will be able to:

Outline broad classes of assistive technologies for cognition
Identify general populations who may benefit from CAT for rehabilitation or compensation of lost/failing function
Summarize what we know regarding the effectiveness of CAT as well as training strategies to enhance implementation

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Updated | 5.13.2021