Gabriele, age 56, motor disability: improving independence in communication by means of eye-gaze

  • Authors: Porcella B
  • Title in English: Gabriele, age 56, motor disability: improving independence in communication by means of eye-gaze
  • Original Title: Gabriele, 56 anni, disabilità motoria: autonomia nella comunicazione tramite lo sguardo
  • Publishing details: Portale SIVA Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus
  • Publication year: 2005
  • Insert date: 14/02/2005
  • Latest update: 14/02/2005
  • Source database: Siva (IT)

Description

Gabriele: a clear and subtle mind trapped in a body that doesn't respond to commands. An ictus relegated him to the immobility and to a persistent silence from which he would like to escape, satisfying his fundamental needs: communication, interaction with the world, expression of feelings and thoughts. Gabriele can only communicate through his eyelids: looking up means yes, half-opening the eyes means no. With a 21 yellow and green letters table, he becomes a marksman of the alphabet. Yet his disease has been finally defeated by the patient's will and motivation and by the intelligence of the carers who believed in new technologies. This experience presents the experimentation results of a new eye-blink driven sensor for PC.

Subject (according to the ISO classification of assistive products)

  • Bimanual wheel-propelled wheelchairs (ISO 12.22.03)
  • Mobile hoists for transferring a person in sitting position with sling seats (ISO 12.36.03)
  • Beds and detachable bed boards/mattress support platforms with powered adjustment (ISO 18.12.10)

Link to further details:

See if other resources are available on the above subjects:

Assistive Products

Companies

Library