Hi Pam,

In my experience, the person with ALS communicated just fine with the EM 12 and eye tracking with the device mounted this low.  Of course, this may not be the case for all clients.

I do not believe it needs to be mounted that low as we had the device mounted at a more "traditional" height with no ill effects.





On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:37 AM pamela mathy <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi John,

Thank you for this demo--very cool. The device (looks like an EM-12) was mounted rather low for best view for driving the chair and the eye-tracking was working well for the directional arrow buttons which are larger targets than would be needed for eye tracking communication for someone with ALS. Does the mount need to be moved up for optimal eye-tracking communication?

Thank you again for sharing. I am going to send this video to the wheelchair vendor reps who cover our ALS clinic here at the University of Utah Health.

Best,

Pam Mathy
Director of Clinical Education and Director of the University of Utah Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
University of Utah
xxxxxx@hsc.utah.edu

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 11:48 AM Costello, John (Otolaryngology) <xxxxxx@childrens.harvard.edu> wrote:

Like any first-time driver, I was a bit unsure as this really WAS my first attempt but this was still quite easy, integrated into a Surface Pro.

 

The video is edited and sound cut out as this was filmed in a busy clinic and patient faces and voices were deleted.

 

While our ALS – AAC Program will not do any wheelchair/seating work, we will integrate this system with as many different AAC technologies as possible and make our patients aware of the strategy and local resources to further investigate/formally assess.

 

https://youtu.be/K0LB6X1SZSw

 

 

Cool stuff and major hope for our patients.

 

 

John

 

 

John M. Costello

Director, Augmentative Communication Program and 

ALS Augmentative Communication Program

Boston Children's Hospital

781.216.2220

                                   @costello_j

 

 



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