[Telephone sets and environmental control devices for disabled persons--a brief overview and hints for their individualized selection].

Intended for the disabled person and those who advise him, for the physician and occupational therapist, as well as the engineering staff involved, an overview is given of assistive devices that have recently become available, i.e. --telephone sets for disabled persons of the German Federal Postal Administration and/or Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG, with or without environmental controls, --pertaining accessory units, --other devices designed to assist telecommunication. Based on novel, residual-capacity-related classifications of disability, the appliances that may be required in the individual case are set forth. Graphs are used to depict the various disabilities concerned, with reference lines and arrows pointing to the devices answering to the requirements of a given disability. Concluding, the author deals with some issues involved in counselling and provision.