Frank DeRuyter | Scholars@Duke

Frank DeRuyter
Professor Emeritus of Surgery

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 2018

Contact Information

164 Baker House, Brown Zone, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3887 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
deruy001@mc.duke.edu (919) 684-6271

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Washington 1978
- M.A., University of the Pacific 1973
Duke Appointment History
- Section Chief, Section of Speech Pathology & Audiology, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 1996 - 2018
- Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 2008 - 2018
- Associate Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 2003 - 2008
- Associate Clinical Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 1996 - 2002
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Surgery 1995 - 1996
Research
Selected Grants
- LiveWell RERC awarded by Administration For Community Living 2015 - 2020
- AAC-RERCIII:RERC for Communication Enhancement awarded by Administration For Community Living 2015
- AAC-RERCIII:RERC for Communication Enhancement awarded by Department of Education 2008 - 2015
- IPA - Kevin Caves awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2010 - 2011
- CATOR Phase II: Advancement in Instrumentation and Application of Outcome Measures awarded by Department of Education 2007 - 2011
- AAC-RERC II awarded by Department of Education 2003 - 2010
- Advance Assistive Technology Outcomes awarded by Department of Education 2001 - 2007
- AAC-RERC: Engineering Advances for Communication Enhancement in the New Millenium awarded by Department of Education 1998 - 2004
- Developing And Evaluating An Interactive Tool To Support.. awarded by Department of Education 1998 - 2001
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Ben Mortenson, W, Demers, L, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Bilkey, J, Plante, M, and DeRuyter, F. "Effects of a caregiver-inclusive assistive technology intervention: a randomized controlled trial." Bmc Geriatrics 18, no. 1 (April 18, 2018): 97-null. Full Text
  - Jones, M, Morris, J, and Deruyter, F. "Mobile Healthcare and People with Disabilities: Current State and Future Needs." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 3 (March 14, 2018). Full Text
  - Reinkensmeyer, DJ, Blackstone, S, Bodine, C, Brabyn, J, Brienza, D, Caves, K, DeRuyter, F, Durfee, E, Fatone, S, Fernie, G, Gard, S, Karg, P, Kuiken, TA, Harris, GF, Jones, M, Li, Y, Maisel, J, McCue, M, Meade, MA, Mitchell, H, Mitzner, TL, Patton, JL, Requejo, PS, Rimmer, JH, Rogers, WA, Zev Rymer, W, Sanford, JA, Schneider, L, Sliker, L, Sprigle, S, Steinfeld, A, Steinfeld, E, Vanderheiden, G, Winstein, C, Zhang, L-Q, and Corfman, T. "How a diverse research ecosystem has generated new rehabilitation technologies: Review of NIDILRR's Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers." Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation 14, no. 1 (November 6, 2017): 109-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Winstein, CJ, Stein, J, Arena, R, Bates, B, Cherney, LR, Cramer, SC, Deruyter, F, Eng, JJ, Fisher, B, Harvey, RL, Lang, CE, MacKay-Lyons, M, Ottenbacher, KJ, Pugh, S, Reeves, MJ, Richards, LG, Stiers, W, Zorowitz, RD, American Heart Association Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, and and Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, . "Guidelines for Adult Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association." Stroke 47, no. 6 (June 2016): e98-e169. (Review) Full Text
  - Demers, L, Mortenson, WB, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Plante, M, Mah, J, and DeRuyter, F. "Effect of a tailored assistive technology intervention on older adults and their family caregiver: a pragmatic study protocol." BMC geriatrics 16 (May 13, 2016): 103-. Full Text
  - Mortenson, WB, Demers, L, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Lenker, J, and DeRuyter, F. "Development and preliminary evaluation of the caregiver assistive technology outcome measure." Journal of rehabilitation medicine 47, no. 5 (May 2015): 412-418. Full Text
  - Mortenson, WB, Demers, L, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Lenker, J, and DeRuyter, F. "Effects of an assistive technology intervention on older adults with disabilities and their informal caregivers: an exploratory randomized controlled trial." American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 92, no. 4 (April 2013): 297-306. Full Text
  - Lenker, JA, Shoemaker, LL, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Demers, L, Tan, CH, and Deruyter, F. "Classification of assistive technology services: Implications for outcomes research." Technology and Disability 24, no. 1 (February 10, 2012): 59-70. (Review) Full Text
  - Mortenson, WB, Demers, L, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Lenker, J, and DeRuyter, F. "How assistive technology use by individuals with disabilities impacts their caregivers." American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 91, no. 11 (2012): 984-998. Full Text
  - Shane, HC, Blackstone, S, Vanderheiden, G, Williams, M, and Deruyter, F. "Using AAC technology to access the world." Assistive Technology 24, no. 1 (2012): 3-13. Full Text
  - Lenker, JA, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Demers, L, Scherer, MJ, and Deruyter, F. "Treatment theory, intervention specification, and treatment fidelity in assistive technology outcomes research." Assistive Technology 22, no. 3 (2010): 129-138. Full Text
  - Shoemaker, LL, Lenker, JA, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Demers, L, and Deruyter, F. "Development and evaluation of a new taxonomy of mobility-related assistive technology devices." American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 89, no. 10 (2010): 795-808. Full Text
  - Higginbotham, DJ, Beukelman, D, Blackstone, S, Bryen, D, Caves, K, Deruyter, F, Jakobs, T, Light, J, McNaughton, D, Moulton, B, Shane, H, and Williams, MB. "AAC technology transfer: an AAC-RERC report." Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) 25, no. 1 (March 2009): 68-76. Full Text
  - Auger, C, Demers, L, Gélinas, I, Routhier, F, Jutai, J, Guérette, C, and Deruyter, F. "Development of a French-Canadian version of the Life-Space Assessment (LSA-F): content validity, reliability and applicability for power mobility device users." Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology 4, no. 1 (January 2009): 31-41. Full Text
  - Demers, L, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, J, Lenker, J, Depa, M, and Ruyter, FD. "A conceptual framework of outcomes for caregivers of assistive technology users." American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 88, no. 8 (2009): 645-691. Full Text
  - Shoemaker, LL, Lenker, JA, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Demers, L, and DeRuyter, F. "Mobility-related assistive technology device classifications: implications for outcomes research." American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists 88, no. 12 (2009): 1020-1032. Full Text
  - Auger, C, Demers, L, Gélinas, I, Jutai, J, Fuhrer, MJ, and DeRuyter, F. "Powered mobility for middle-aged and older adults: systematic review of outcomes and appraisal of published evidence." Am J Phys Med Rehabil 87, no. 8 (August 2008): 666-680. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Demers, L, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Scherer, MJ, Pervieux, I, and DeRuyter, F. "Tracking mobility-related assistive technology in an outcomes study." Assist Technol 20, no. 2 (2008): 73-83. Full Text Link to Item
  - DeRuyter, F, McNaughton, D, Caves, K, Bryen, DN, and Williams, MB. "Enhancing AAC connections with the world." Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) 23, no. 3 (September 2007): 258-270. (Review) Full Text
  - O'Grady, G, Boyles, AL, Speer, M, DeRuyter, F, Strittmatter, W, and Worley, G. "Apolipoprotein E alleles and sensorineural hearing loss." Int J Audiol 46, no. 4 (April 2007): 183-186. Full Text Link to Item
  - Scherer, M, Jutai, J, Fuhrer, M, Demers, L, and Deruyter, F. "A framework for modelling the selection of assistive technology devices (ATDs)." Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol 2, no. 1 (January 2007): 1-8. Link to Item
  - Jutai, JW, Fuhrer, MJ, Demers, L, Scherer, MJ, and DeRuyter, F. "Toward a taxonomy of assistive technology device outcomes." American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 84, no. 4 (April 2005): 294-302. (Review) Full Text
  - Lenker, JA, Scherer, MJ, Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, and DeRuyter, F. "Psychometric and administrative properties of measures used in assistive technology device outcomes research." Assist Technol 17, no. 1 (2005): 7-22. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Fuhrer, MJ, Jutai, JW, Scherer, MJ, and DeRuyter, F. "A framework for the conceptual modelling of assistive technology device outcomes." Disability and Rehabilitation 25, no. 22 (November 2003): 1243-1251. (Review) Full Text
  - Caves, K, and DeRuyter, F. "Introduction." Assistive Technology 14, no. 1 (June 30, 2002): 1-2. Full Text
  - Caves, K, Shane, HC, and DeRuyter, F. "Connecting AAC devices to the world of information technology." Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA 14, no. 1 (January 2002): 81-89. (Review) Full Text
  - Lasater, J, and DeRuyter, F. "The World Wide Web as a tool for practitioners and patients: A brief history and a road map for the future." Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 6, no. 2 (September 20, 1999): 66-72. (Review) Full Text
  - DeRuyter, F. "The importance of outcome measures for assistive technology service delivery systems." Technology and Disability 6, no. 1-2 (January 1, 1997): 89-104. Full Text
  - Coelho, CA, DeRuyter, F, and Stein, M. "Treatment efficacy: cognitive-communicative disorders resulting from traumatic brain injury in adults." J Speech Hear Res 39, no. 5 (October 1996): S5-17. (Review) Link to Item
  - Holland, AL, Fromm, DS, DeRuyter, F, and Stein, M. "Treatment efficacy: aphasia." Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 39, no. 5 (October 1996): S27-S36.
  - DeRuyter, F. "Report on theAmerican Speech-Language- Hearing Association Functional Assessment of Communication Skills for Adults." Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 3, no. 1 (March 1996): 77-81. Full Text
  - DeRuyter, F. "Computer-mediated information technology for practitioners." Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 3, no. 2 (1996): 93-96.
  - DeRuyter, F. "Evaluating outcomes in assistive technology: do we understand the commitment?." Assist Technol 7, no. 1 (1995): 3-8. Full Text Link to Item
  - DeRuyter, F, and Becker, MR. "Augmentative communication: Assessment, system selection, and usage." Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 3, no. 2 (June 1988): 35-44. Full Text
  - DeRuyter, F. "Program highlights of the 1988 ISAAC biennial conference." Augmentative and Alternative Communication 4, no. 2 (January 1988): 126-126. Full Text
  - DeRuyter, F, and Lafontaine, L. "The nonspeaking brain-injured: A clinical and demographic database report." Augmentative and Alternative Communication 3, no. 1 (January 1987): 18-25. Full Text
  - DeRuyter, F. "1988 Biennial conference committee update." Augmentative and Alternative Communication 3, no. 4 (January 1987): 208-208. Full Text
  - Lafontaine, L, and DeRuyter, F. "The nonspeaking cerebral palsied: A clinical and demographic database report." Augmentative and Alternative Communication 3, no. 3 (January 1987): 153-162. Full Text
  - DeRuyter, F, and Diefendorf, AO. "Hearing sensitivity and measurements of middle ear and eustachian tube function after maxillary osteotomy with advancement surgery." J Oral Surg 38, no. 5 (May 1980): 343-347. Link to Item
- Other Articles
  - Shoemaker, L, Lenker, J, Fuhrer, M, Jutai, J, Demers, L, and Deruyter, F. "Development and evaluation of a new taxonomy of mobility-related assistive technology devices." American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 90, no. 4 (April 1, 2011): 344-null. (Letter) Full Text
  - DeRuyter, F, and Beukelman, D. "Introduction to the special issue on augmentative and alternative communication." Assist Technol 24, no. 1 (2011): 1-2. Link to Item
  - "Speech therapy for aphasic stroke patients." Lancet (London, England) 1, no. 8391 (June 1984): 1413-1414. (Letter)
- Conference Papers
  - Caves, K, Davis, L, and DeRuyter, F. "Development and evaluation of a device to measure walking speed." January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - DeRuyter, F, and Jones, M. "Mobile healthcare and mhealth apps: Introduction to the special thematic session." January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - DeRuyter, F, and Jones, M. "Mobile healthcare and mhealth apps for people with disabilities." January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - Jones, ML, Morris, J, and DeRuyter, F. "Mobile healthcare and people with disabilities: Results from a preliminary survey." January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - Mortenson, W, Demers, L, Fuhrer, M, Jutai, J, Lenker, J, and DeRuyter, F. "DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE CAREGIVER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY OUTCOME MEASURE." November 2014. Link to Item
  - Agrawal, S, Constandache, I, Gaonkar, S, Roy Choudhury, R, Caves, K, and DeRuyter, F. "Using mobile phones to write in air." August 8, 2011. Full Text

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Other Articles

Conference Papers