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 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
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  Selected Publications

  • 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

  • Journal 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 (2012): 59-70.  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 (1999): 66-72.  Full Text
    • DeRuyter, F. "The importance of outcome measures for assistive technology service delivery systems." Technology and Disability 6, no. 1-2 (1997): 89-104.
    • 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." J Speech Hear Res 39, no. 5 (October 1996): S27-S36.  Link to Item
    • DeRuyter, F. "Report on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Functional Assessment of Communication Skills for Adults." Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 3, no. 1 (1996): 77-81.
    • 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 (1988): 35-44.
    • 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

    • 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
    • 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 (2011): 344--.  Full Text
    • "Speech therapy for aphasic stroke patients." Lancet (London, England) 1, no. 8391 (June 1984): 1413-1414. (Letter)

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