title: Visual telephone for pediatric rehabilitation inpatients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Handler
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013689:Telephone / Q000295:instrumentation*