筋ジストロフィー患者のための自助器具開発調査

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Thanks to medical advances, the longevity of muscular dystrophy patients has expanded until about 40 years old, that is almost twice as long as before. Therefore some patients start working based on their level of the residual function and the number of them has been increasing. In the field of education to muscular dystrophy patients, the vocational training has been started for after graduation.Since muscular dystrophy students and non-disable students use same educational materials, muscular dystrophy students need self-help device for using these educational materials or improved version of educational materials for their use. At current state, the improvement of these educational materials and developing self-help devices are depended on the inventiveness of medical and educational staffs.The purpose of this study is to develop self-help devices for educational materials for muscular dystrophy students. In this paper, first, the results of investigation about the requirement to the self-help devices and the possibility of developing them from educational staff of muscular dystrophy students are reported. Then the development of a self-help device for a hi-hat cymbal based on a strong request by educational staff is described.