The Open Rehabilitation Journal

2011, 4 : 1-12
Published online 2011 April 14. DOI: 10.2174/1874943701104010001
Publisher ID: TOREHJ-4-1

Modeling One-Switch Row-Column Scanning with Errors and Error Correction Methods

Richard C Simpson , Robert Mankowski1 and Heidi H. Koester
Bakery Square, Suite 401, Rm 15; 6425 Penn Ave, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

ABSTRACT

Single switch scanning has lots of different configuration options. One way to choose the most appropriate configuration for a client is to use a model to predict performance under different configurations. Most existing models expect error-free performance, however, and none integrates all the types of errors that can occur and the variety of errorcorrection methods that are available. A model is presented which predicts user performance for single-switch rowcolumn scanning with errors and error-correction methods. The model is used to draw conclusions about the utility of different error-correction methods.