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(EMR), and a knowledge-based system could help to prevent the administration
of incorrect drugs and their subsequent adverse reactions.
11.5.4 IoT to Assist Individuals with Disabilities or Special
Needs
In 2011, the world health organization (WHO) completed its initial survey concerning disabilities and discovered that more than 1 billion people, almost 15% of the
world’s population, lives with some kind of disability. IoT e-Health could significantly improve quality of life to this population through automated, dependable,
resistive technologies. For example, smart gloves with cost-efficient inertia sensors
have been developed to enable those living with hearing loss to communicate with
others who are not fluent in american sign language (ASL). Smartwatches can
be utilized to assist patients with speech disorders to learn speech functions in
rural areas. IoT systems are also able to improve wheelchair access in smart cities
for those with mobility issues, collect information about individual special needs
remotely, or enable schools to make special needs education more obtainable and
productive for disabled children. One example of an IoT device available today is
the Wireless Nano Retina Eyeglasses that enable communication between retinal
implants to support real-time vision fine-tuning for blind patients.
11.5.5 Smart Medical Implants
Beyond wearable medical devices, IoT e-Health is also introducing very sophisticated, reliable implantable medical devices designed to improve or restore human
bodily functions. Examples of some of these electronic implants include deep
brain stimulation (DBS) systems that use controlled electrical pulses to stimulate
brain areas to lessen involuntary movements caused by neurological disorders like
Parkinson’s disease or essential tremors, pacemakers needed for regulating heart
rhythm, and cochlear implants that use electrodes inside the inner ear to restore
hearing. These electronic implants utilize tiny circuits that house analog front ends,
micro-controllers, and battery power management. The IoT model continues to
be explored to help make medical implants more efficient, secure, and contextspecific. For example, research continues to find ways to improve DBS using inertia
sensors worn on the arms or legs. IoT also provides a fundamental structure for
the programming and tele-management of cochlear implants so that patients do not
have to make unnecessary trips to implant centers to receive device programming
services.
B. Farahani et al.
(EMR), and a knowledge-based system could help to prevent the administration
of incorrect drugs and their subsequent adverse reactions.
11.5.4 IoT to Assist Individuals with Disabilities or Special
Needs
In 2011, the world health organization (WHO) completed its initial survey concerning disabilities and discovered that more than 1 billion people, almost 15% of the
world’s population, lives with some kind of disability. IoT e-Health could significantly improve quality of life to this population through automated, dependable,
resistive technologies. For example, smart gloves with cost-efficient inertia sensors
have been developed to enable those living with hearing loss to communicate with
others who are not fluent in american sign language (ASL). Smartwatches can
be utilized to assist patients with speech disorders to learn speech functions in
rural areas. IoT systems are also able to improve wheelchair access in smart cities
for those with mobility issues, collect information about individual special needs
remotely, or enable schools to make special needs education more obtainable and
productive for disabled children. One example of an IoT device available today is
the Wireless Nano Retina Eyeglasses that enable communication between retinal
implants to support real-time vision fine-tuning for blind patients.
11.5.5 Smart Medical Implants
Beyond wearable medical devices, IoT e-Health is also introducing very sophisticated, reliable implantable medical devices designed to improve or restore human
bodily functions. Examples of some of these electronic implants include deep
brain stimulation (DBS) systems that use controlled electrical pulses to stimulate
brain areas to lessen involuntary movements caused by neurological disorders like
Parkinson’s disease or essential tremors, pacemakers needed for regulating heart
rhythm, and cochlear implants that use electrodes inside the inner ear to restore
hearing. These electronic implants utilize tiny circuits that house analog front ends,
micro-controllers, and battery power management. The IoT model continues to
be explored to help make medical implants more efficient, secure, and contextspecific. For example, research continues to find ways to improve DBS using inertia
sensors worn on the arms or legs. IoT also provides a fundamental structure for
the programming and tele-management of cochlear implants so that patients do not
have to make unnecessary trips to implant centers to receive device programming
services.