I do find that quite frequently--and these are people not on a vent. We have quite a few people with inconsistant blinks and can not use a blink system for yes or no. (so we give them targets instead--holding out my arm, I say to the pALS to look at my hand)

Alisa

Alisa Brownlee, ATP
Assistive Technology Specialist
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter

Assistive Technology Consultant, ALS Association, National Office

Direct Phone Number: 215-631-1877

--- On Thu, 6/12/08, Margaret Cotts <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Margaret Cotts <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Assistive Technology] Eye movement and ALS
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 3:28 PM

I was wondering-

I have worked with a few people who were not on a vent, but whose eye movements seemed to have slowed down a bit, and become inconsistent… (These were individuals who had very advanced ALS…)

I was wondering if other folks on the list had worked with many PALS who weren’t on a vent, but had impaired eye movements-

Thanks!

Margaret Cotts

DynaVox Technologies