The thought translation device (TTD) for completely paralyzed patients

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation EngineeringPublished 1 June 2000

Niels Birbaumer, Andrea Kübler, N. Ghanayim, Thilo Hinterberger, J. Perelmouter, Jochen Kaiser

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TL;DR

The thought translation device trains locked-in patients to self-regulate slow cortical potentials of their electroencephalogram (EEG) to demonstrate the usefulness of the thoughttranslation device as an alternative communication channel in motivated totally paralyzed patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Abstract

The thought translation device trains locked-in patients to self-regulate slow cortical potentials (SCP's) of their electroencephalogram (EEG). After operant learning of SCP self-control, patients select letters, words or pictograms in a computerized language support program. Results of five respirated, locked-in-patients are described, demonstrating the usefulness of the thought translation device as an alternative communication channel in motivated totally paralyzed patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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