Title :
Tongue Operated Assistive Technologies
Author_Institution :
NCSU, Raleigh
Abstract :
Assistive technologies help improving the quality of life for severely disabled individuals by enabling them to pursue self-care, educational, vocational, and recreational activities. Tongue has a set of unique characteristics that makes it a suitable appendage for manipulating paralyzed individuals´ environments through the use of tongue-operated assistive devices. A number of these devices have been reviewed and a new one, called Tongue Drive, has been introduced.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; appendage; paralyzed individuals; tongue drive; tongue operated assistive technology; Automotive engineering; Birth disorders; Costs; Educational technology; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Neuromuscular; Senior citizens; Spinal cord injury; Tongue; Disabled Persons; Female; Humans; Male; Self-Help Devices; Tongue;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353307
