Visual telephone for pediatric rehabilitation inpatients
Handler, E.G.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 70(12): 854-855
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9993 PMID: 2818161 Document Number: 338074
Prolonged pediatric rehabilitation inpatient hospitalizations can cause numerous psychologic problems. A four-year-old patient with spinal cord injury required intensive prolonged rehabilitation and demonstrated maladaptive behaviors secondary to the family situation and the length of the hospitalization. Use of a visual telephone display unit eliminated several of the behavior problems and helped expedite his eventual discharge.