Listening capacity and ambulatory capacity were measured as self-reported level of difficulty to listen or to walk or move around without assistance (i.e. without support from assistive technology, other persons, etc).
However, Beebe's personal physician A. E. Hill provides a differing account, stating that Beebe remained lucid and able to move about without assistance almost until his last day, apart from the periods of time during which his "mango mouth" temporarily slurred his speech.
Ms. Graham, 72, suffered a staph infection last month that has left her unable to walk, talk coherently, eat solid foods or move her limbs without assistance, said her son, the author Lawrence Otis Graham.
Ms. Butler, who teaches high school about 45 minutes away in Chipley, Fla., said she and her family never could have moved without the assistance.
The chief surgeon at AEK hospital in Budapest said Massa, a 28-year-old Brazilian, was breathing without assistance and moving his limbs.
Markets are now so complex and move so fast that humans cannot participate without assistance from supercomputers programmed, incidentally, to quality standards so low they would shock engineers responsible for things such as airline safety.
