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    The document proposes an app to motivate disabled children with cerebral palsy to exercise their lungs. The app would use a microphone to detect vocal noises from the children and respond with visual or auditory stimuli from an iPad. This cause-and-effect relationship is intended to encourage lung exercises in a stimulating way. Details include potential stimuli like expanding colors or custom sounds. The app aims to address respiratory health issues that can lead to early death for children with cerebral palsy.

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    Stimulus Project

    Tyler Paskowski & Colleen Gallagher

    What is the Need?


    Respiratory Health is a major concern for disabled
    children
    Building up lung capacity is essential to living a healthy life

    Those with cerebral palsy are limited to wheelchairs


    specifically at the Carter School
    Not a lot of speaking or exercising the lungs

    Need to find a way to motivate these kids while


    increasing their lung capacity

    Research/Related Work
    those severely affected with CP die before they
    reach the age of 20
    Such deaths are usually a result of secondary
    medical complications associated with primary
    neurological dysfunction.
    The two main complications include respiratory
    infection and diminished pulmonary function

    Research/Related Work Cont.


    What is the main cause of pulmonary
    complication?
    Aspiration and ineffective cough
    increase in mucous and inability to clear it
    properly
    food can get trapped in lungs

    These problem can lead to recurrent pneumonia,


    atelectasis, bronchiectasis, and restrictive lung
    disease
    Which can lead to premature death

    Design Idea
    Our concept is to create a direct and simple
    cause & effect relationship
    Producing a vocal noise will cause a visual
    stimulus and/or auditory stimulus by means of
    an iPad
    Either type of stimulus will provide stimulating
    motivation that a child needs to speak

    Visual Representation
    User Vocal Noise

    Color expanding stimulus

    Microphone (optional) &


    iPad

    Custom Audio Stimulus

    Competitors
    Apps exist for athletes and normal functioning
    people to increase lung capacity
    through exercise that cant be done by kids
    with CP or is not stimulating enough
    Apps exist for children with cerebral palsy
    main focus is communication
    speaks for them
    visual application

    Design Specification
    App can be downloaded onto iPad
    Start Screen Menu:
    Color
    Red or Yellow
    Sound
    3 options
    these options will be based on what the kids
    at the Carter school respond best to
    Both
    pick color then sound option

    Red Light Stimulus

    Yellow Light Stimulus

    Start Menu

    Color Menu

    Sound Menu

    Sound Screen

    Parts
    removable clip on microphone ($80)
    iPad ($399)
    labor cost for programming app (?)
    helping kids with CP (priceless)

    Completion Plans
    get prototype approved by end user
    (Marianne)
    get feedback on sound clip choices
    connect with group of talented programmers
    NUHacks
    Enabling Engineering
    publish app on iTunes

    References
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    Hill-Rom, n.d. Print.
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    "Respiratory Health and Cerebral Palsy." CerebralPalsy.org. Stern Law Group, PLLC, n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.
    <http://cerebralpalsy.org/information/respiratory-health/>.
    Rode SmartLav+." Sweetwater. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.
    <http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/smartLavPls>.
    "Snoezelen Sensory Therapy Products." Snoezelen Sensory Therapy Products. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014. <
    http://www.snoezeleninfo.com/products.asp>.

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