Cortex Boards for TBI Students
Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: 1 R43 HD33329-01,
Agency Tracking Number: 29296
Amount:
$99,910.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Awards Year:
1995
Solicitation Year:
N/A
Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
515 Evergreen Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47906
DUNS:
N/A
HUBZone Owned:
N
Woman Owned:
N
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
N
Principal Investigator
Name: Mary Pidgeon
Phone: () -
Phone: () -
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
Every year approximately 16,000 to 20,000 school age children sustain traumatic brain injuries (TBIimpairment of cognitive abilities and physical functioning. The innate ability of TBI students to leenvironment is compromised because of their difficulty in receiving, processing, and storing new infhave memory impairments and process information at reduced rates. If the TBI student is presented wimanner that compensates for his impairments, significant progress can occur. The purpose of this reshardware/software techniques that can aid in transferring classroom information to the TBI student.the TBI student in learning new information and decrease student and teacher frustration. * Information listed above is at the time of submission. *
