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Money raised through this year's Boston Marathon was presented to a Boston Children's Hospital program that helps patients communicate.

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/PRNewswire/ -- With this new version of the iPad operating system, iPadOS17, a bright and promising scenario for developing more accessible environments for...

Sitting in a meeting room in a startup office in Lisbon, I silently typed the answer to a question only the person opposite would know the answer to. What Unbabel, a language translation company, has developed a wearable device called Halo that allows users to communicate using their thoughts. The device uses an EMG interface embedded in a flexible sleeve to capture electrical impulses from muscle movements. These impulses are then translated into text using Open AI ChatGPT 3.5. Users have compl...

You know – I’m just not the same since my fall. I’m not at the top of my game since surgery. What rehab therapy options are out there?

Submissions by deaf and disabled are encouraged

UKNow is highlighting the University of Kentucky’s 2022-23 University Research Professors. This week's honoree is Judith L. Page, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences.

Background: Children with severe motor impairment but intact cognition are deprived of fundamental human rights. Quadriplegic cerebral palsy is the most common scenario where rehabilitation options remain limited. Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) represent a potential solution, but pediatric populations have been neglected. Direct engagement of children and families could provide meaningful opportunities while informing program development. We describe a patient-centered, clinical, non-invasive p...

High Desert Education Service District's Bridges program has been designated as an autism training site for educators statewide. A partnership with Bend-La Pine Schools, Bridges is a specialized classroom, housed at Lava Ridge Elementary School, that provides intensive instruction to students in grades K-3 on the autism spectrum. Bridges was selected as a training site by the Oregon Program Autism Training Sites and Supports project, which brings evidence-based practices to Oregon scho...

On-screen keyboard that is designed to help Motor Neuron Disease (MND) patients interact with Windows computers