A novel spelling system for locked-in syndrome patients using only eye contact.
Conclusion: This new grid is a valuable communication tool, especially in situations, such as bathing, getting dressed or out of house activities where no devices are available. Implications for Rehabilitation Communication with patients with locked-in syndrome is a complicated and strenuous task. Communication methods, such as the alphabet board and brain-computer interfaces, are time consuming or too sophisticated to use in daily life tasks. This communication grid is fast, easy to use and memorise and requires only vertical eye movement.
PMID: 24328459 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Kopsky DJ, Winninghoff Y, Winninghoff AC, Stolwijk-Swüste JM Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
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