Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of Washington 1978
  • M.A., University of the Pacific 1973
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  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
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  Selected Grants

  • LiveWell RERC 2019 - 2020
  • LiveWell RERC 2015 - 2020
  • AAC-RERCIII:RERC for Communication Enhancement 2015
  • AAC-RERCIII:RERC for Communication Enhancement awarded by Department of Education 2008 - 2015
  • IPA - Kevin Caves 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
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Jones, Mike, Frank DeRuyter, and John Morris. “The Digital Health Revolution and People with Disabilities: Perspective from the United States.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 17, no. 2 (January 7, 2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020381.
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    • Morris, John, Mike Jones, Frank DeRuyter, David Putrino, Catherine E. Lang, and Danielle Jake-Schoffman. “LiveWell RERC State of the Science Conference Report on ICT Access to Support Community Living, Health and Function for People with Disabilities.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 17, no. 1 (December 30, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010274.
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    • Morris, John, Mike Jones, Nicole Thompson, Tracey Wallace, and Frank DeRuyter. “Clinician Perspectives on mRehab Interventions and Technologies for People with Disabilities in the United States: A National Survey.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 16, no. 21 (October 31, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214220.
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    • Ben Mortenson, W., Louise Demers, Marcus J. Fuhrer, Jeffrey W. Jutai, Jessica Bilkey, Michelle Plante, and Frank DeRuyter. “Effects of a caregiver-inclusive assistive technology intervention: a randomized controlled trial.” Bmc Geriatr 18, no. 1 (April 18, 2018): 97. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0783-6.
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    • Jones, Michael, John Morris, and Frank Deruyter. “Mobile Healthcare and People with Disabilities: Current State and Future Needs.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 15, no. 3 (March 14, 2018). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15030515.
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    • Reinkensmeyer, David J., Sarah Blackstone, Cathy Bodine, John Brabyn, David Brienza, Kevin Caves, Frank DeRuyter, et al. “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. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-017-0321-3.
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    • Winstein, Carolee J., Joel Stein, Ross Arena, Barbara Bates, Leora R. Cherney, Steven C. Cramer, Frank Deruyter, et al. “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): e98–169. https://doi.org/10.1161/STR.0000000000000098.
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    • Demers, Louise, W Ben Mortenson, Marcus J. Fuhrer, Jeffrey W. Jutai, Michelle Plante, Jasmine Mah, and Frank DeRuyter. “Effect of a tailored assistive technology intervention on older adults and their family caregiver: a pragmatic study protocol.” Bmc Geriatr 16 (May 13, 2016): 103. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0269-3.
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    • Mortenson, W Ben, Louise Demers, Marcus J. Fuhrer, Jeffrey W. Jutai, James Lenker, and Frank DeRuyter. “Development and preliminary evaluation of the caregiver assistive technology outcome measure.” J Rehabil Med 47, no. 5 (May 2015): 412–18. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1952.
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    • Lenker, J. A., L. L. Shoemaker, M. J. Fuhrer, J. W. Jutai, L. Demers, C. H. Tan, and F. Deruyter. “Classification of assistive technology services: Implications for outcomes research.” Technology and Disability 24, no. 1 (February 10, 2012): 59–70. https://doi.org/10.3233/TAD-2012-0334.
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    • Shane, Howard C., Sarah Blackstone, Gregg Vanderheiden, Michael Williams, and Frank DeRuyter. “Using AAC technology to access the world.” Assist Technol 24, no. 1 (2011): 3–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2011.648716.
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    • Shoemaker, Laura L., James A. Lenker, Marcus J. Fuhrer, Jeffrey W. Jutai, Louise Demers, and Frank DeRuyter. “Development and evaluation of a new taxonomy of mobility-related assistive technology devices.” Am J Phys Med Rehabil 89, no. 10 (October 2010): 795–808. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181f1bbcd.
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    • Lenker, James A., Marcus J. Fuhrer, Jeffrey W. Jutai, Louise Demers, Marcia J. Scherer, and Frank DeRuyter. “Treatment theory, intervention specification, and treatment fidelity in assistive technology outcomes research.” Assist Technol 22, no. 3 (2010): 129–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400430903519910.
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    • Shoemaker, Laura L., James A. Lenker, Marcus J. Fuhrer, Jeffrey W. Jutai, Louise Demers, and Frank DeRuyter. “Mobility-related assistive technology device classifications: implications for outcomes research.” Am J Phys Med Rehabil 88, no. 12 (December 2009): 1020–32. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181bc0d55.
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    • Demers, Louise, Marcus J. Fuhrer, Jeffrey Jutai, James Lenker, Malgorzata Depa, and Frank De Ruyter. “A conceptual framework of outcomes for caregivers of assistive technology users.” Am J Phys Med Rehabil 88, no. 8 (August 2009): 645–55. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181ae0e70.
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    • Higginbotham, D Jeffery, David Beukelman, Sarah Blackstone, Diane Bryen, Kevin Caves, Frank Deruyter, Thomas Jakobs, et al. “AAC technology transfer: an AAC-RERC report.” Augment Altern Commun 25, no. 1 (March 2009): 68–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434610902724886.
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    • Auger, Claudine, Louise Demers, Isabelle Gélinas, François Routhier, Jeffrey Jutai, Chantal Guérette, and Frank Deruyter. “Development of a French-Canadian version of the Life-Space Assessment (LSA-F): content validity, reliability and applicability for power mobility device users.” Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol 4, no. 1 (January 2009): 31–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483100802543064.
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    • Auger, Claudine, Louise Demers, Isabelle Gélinas, Jeffrey Jutai, Marcus J. Fuhrer, and Frank DeRuyter. “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): 666–80. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0b013e31816de163.
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    • Demers, Louise, Marcus J. Fuhrer, Jeffrey W. Jutai, Marcia J. Scherer, Isabelle Pervieux, and Frank DeRuyter. “Tracking mobility-related assistive technology in an outcomes study.” Assist Technol 20, no. 2 (2008): 73–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2008.10131934.
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    • DeRuyter, Frank, David McNaughton, Kevin Caves, Diane Nelson Bryen, and Michael B. Williams. “Enhancing AAC connections with the world.” Augment Altern Commun 23, no. 3 (September 2007): 258–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434610701553387.
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    • O’Grady, Gwen, Abee L. Boyles, Marcy Speer, Frank DeRuyter, Warren Strittmatter, and Gordon Worley. “Apolipoprotein E alleles and sensorineural hearing loss.” Int J Audiol 46, no. 4 (April 2007): 183–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992020601145294.
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    • Scherer, Marcia, Jeffrey Jutai, Marcus Fuhrer, Louise Demers, and Frank Deruyter. “A framework for modelling the selection of assistive technology devices (ATDs).” Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol 2, no. 1 (January 2007): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483100600845414.
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    • Jutai, Jeffrey W., Marcus J. Fuhrer, Louise Demers, Marcia J. Scherer, and Frank DeRuyter. “Toward a taxonomy of assistive technology device outcomes.” Am J Phys Med Rehabil 84, no. 4 (April 2005): 294–302. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.phm.0000157313.88732.dc.
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    • Lenker, James A., Marcia J. Scherer, Marcus J. Fuhrer, Jeffrey W. Jutai, and Frank DeRuyter. “Psychometric and administrative properties of measures used in assistive technology device outcomes research.” Assist Technol 17, no. 1 (2005): 7–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2005.10132092.
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    • Fuhrer, M. J., J. W. Jutai, M. J. Scherer, and F. DeRuyter. “A framework for the conceptual modelling of assistive technology device outcomes.” Disabil Rehabil 25, no. 22 (November 18, 2003): 1243–51. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280310001596207.
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    • Caves, K., and F. DeRuyter. “Introduction.” Assistive Technology 14, no. 1 (June 30, 2002): 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2002.10132050.
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    • Caves, Kevin, Howard C. Shane, and Frank DeRuyter. “Connecting AAC devices to the world of information technology.” Assist Technol 14, no. 1 (2002): 81–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2002.10132057.
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    • Lasater, J., and F. DeRuyter. “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. https://doi.org/10.1310/K6LY-ACDL-4CN7-8WXE.
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    • 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1055-4181(96)00197-5.
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    • Coelho, C. A., F. DeRuyter, and M. Stein. “Treatment efficacy: cognitive-communicative disorders resulting from traumatic brain injury in adults.” J Speech Hear Res 39, no. 5 (October 1996): S5-17.
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    • Holland, A. L., D. S. Fromm, F. DeRuyter, and M. Stein. “Treatment efficacy: aphasia.” J Speech Hear Res 39, no. 5 (October 1996): S27–36. https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.3905.s27.
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    • DeRuyter, Frank. “Computer-Mediated Information Technology for Practitioners.” Top Stroke Rehabil 3, no. 2 (June 1996): 93–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.1996.11754116.
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    • DeRuyter, F. “Report on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Functional Assessment of Communication Skills for Adults.” Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 3, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 77–81. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.1996.11754107.
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    • DeRuyter, F. “Evaluating outcomes in assistive technology: do we understand the commitment?” Assist Technol 7, no. 1 (1995): 3–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.1995.10132246.
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    • DeRuyter, F. “ISAAC governance and committee activities: Program Highlights of the 1988 ISAAC Biennial Conference.” Augmentative and Alternative Communication 4, no. 2 (January 1, 1988): 126. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618812331274727.
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    • DeRuyter, F., and M. R. Becker. “Augmentative communication: Assessment, system selection, and usage.” Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 3, no. 2 (January 1, 1988): 35–44. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001199-198806000-00005.
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    • Deruyter, F. “Isaac Governance and Committee Activities 1988 Biennial Conference Committee Update.” Augmentative and Alternative Communication 3, no. 4 (January 1, 1987): 208. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618712331274539.
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    • Deruyter, F., and L. M. Lafontaine. “The Nonspeaking Brain-Injured: A Clinical and Demographic Database Report.” Augmentative and Alternative Communication 3, no. 1 (January 1, 1987): 18–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618712331274209.
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    • Lafontaine, L. M., and F. Deruyter. “The Nonspeaking Cerebral Palsied: A Clinical and Demographic Database Report.” Augmentative and Alternative Communication 3, no. 3 (January 1, 1987): 153–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618712331274439.
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    • DeRuyter, F., and A. O. Diefendorf. “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): 343–47.
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  • Other Articles

    • Shoemaker, L., J. Lenker, M. Fuhrer, J. Jutai, L. Demers, and F. Deruyter. “Development and evaluation of a new taxonomy of mobility-related assistive technology devices.” American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 1, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0b013e31820b191b.
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    • DeRuyter, Frank, and David Beukelman. “Introduction to the special issue on augmentative and alternative communication.” Assist Technol, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2012.648856.
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    • “Speech therapy for aphasic stroke patients.” Lancet (London, England), June 1984.

  • Conference Papers

    • Caves, K., L. Davis, and F. DeRuyter. “Development and evaluation of a device to measure walking speed.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 10897 LNCS:468–71, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94274-2_68.
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    • DeRuyter, F., and M. Jones. “Mobile healthcare and mhealth apps: Introduction to the special thematic session.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 10897 LNCS:445–48, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94274-2_64.
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    • DeRuyter, F., and M. Jones. “Mobile healthcare and mhealth apps for people with disabilities.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 10897 LNCS:449–56, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94274-2_65.
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    • Jones, M. L., J. Morris, and F. DeRuyter. “Mobile healthcare and people with disabilities: Results from a preliminary survey.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 10897 LNCS:457–63, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94274-2_66.
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    • Mortenson, W., L. Demers, M. Fuhrer, J. Jutai, J. Lenker, and F. DeRuyter. “DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE CAREGIVER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY OUTCOME MEASURE.” In Gerontologist, 54:69–70. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2014.
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    • Agrawal, S., I. Constandache, S. Gaonkar, R. Roy Choudhury, K. Caves, and F. DeRuyter. “Using mobile phones to write in air.” In Mobisys’11  Compilation Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services and Co Located Workshops, 15–28, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1145/1999995.1999998.
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