L1 Introduction

Question 1

Rehabilitation Technology

Answer 1

The systematic application of technologies, engineering methodologies, or scientific principles to meet the needs of and address the barriers confronted by individuals with disabilities

Areas: education, rehabilitation, employment, transportation, independent living, and recreation.

Includes rehabilitation engineering, assistive technology devices, and assistive technology services.

Question 2

Rehabilitation Engineering

Answer 2

The systematic application of engineering sciences to design, develop, adapt, test, evaluate, apply, and distribute technological solutions to problems confronted by individuals with disabilities

Functional areas: mobility, communications, hearing, vision, and cognition,

Activities associated with employment, independent living, education, and integration into the community.

Question 3

Assistive Technology

Answer 3

Technology designed to be utilized in an assistive technology device or assistive technology service.

Question 3

Primary Areas of Employment for Rehabilitation Engineers

Answer 3

• Research/Scientist: University or government agency
• Product Development: Manufacturer
• Service Delivery: Clinical setting
• Consultant: vocational rehabilitation programs; VA,
  government agency
• Private counseling services

Question 3

Assistive Technology Device

Answer 3

Any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.

Question 3

Customer Discovery Goals

Answer 3

• Recognize a need (Pain point)
• Validate the ’Value Proposition’…..(Why should a consumer should buy your product or use your service) This statement convinces a potential consumer that one product or service will add more value or better solve a problem than other similar offerings
• Develop engineering specifications

Question 4

Translator

Answer 4

• Translate customer requirements into a technical description of engineering
  specifications
• “Listen to the voice of the customer”
• 80% of all time-to-market delays due to poor product definition

Question 5

What is Customer Discovery

Answer 5

• Identify the customers
• Capture the customer requirements
• Understand what is important to the customer
• Benchmark the competition
• Develop engineering specification
• Relate engineering specs to customer requirements