Objetivo Our overall objective is to provide both new brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies and an innovative business model focused on user-centered assessment and communication for persons with disorders of consciousness (DOCs). We have recently shown that present clinical tools to assess DOC are inadequate. Across different studies, up to 43% of patients who had been designated as nonresponsive (including in a vegetative state (VS) or minimally conscious state (MCS) were in fact able to communicate through new BCI systems developed for such patients. For example, patients could produce reliable changes in motor activity in the EEG when asked via headphones to imagine left hand movement or walking through the house if their father was named (the correct name). In related work, patients could produce differential responses to YES/NO/SKIP questions (based on the P300 component) by counting vibrations of one out of three different tactors placed on the body. This creates a pressing social and economic challenge to provide more accurate information about these patients’ cognitive abilities to families, clinicians and the patients themselves about their long-term options. By providing BCI-based assistive technology (AT) for communication and control, we will allow patients to not only make their own decisions but also interact with their environments, the internet and other people, fostering inclusion and accessibility. The main outcome will be a life-changing experience for many patients: being recognized as someone who can communicate. They will once again be able to convey their needs and desires to carers, and may influence decisions about therapy, end-of-life, living environments, long term care and use of ComAware products and services. Carers and medical staff will be able to better identify patients’ needs and provide care and help accordingly. Family and friends will again be able to communicate with someone they had been (mistakenly) told could not communicate. Ámbito científico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetmedical and health sciencesclinical medicinephysiotherapysocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models Programa(s) H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Tema(s) ICT-37-2014-1 - Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (implemented through the SME instrument) Convocatoria de propuestas H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Convocatoria de subcontratación H2020-SMEINST-1-2014 Régimen de financiación SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinador GUGER TECHNOLOGIES OG Aportación neta de la UEn € 50 000,00 Dirección HERBERSTEINSTRASSE 60 8020 Graz Austria Ver en el mapa Pyme Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención. Sí Región Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 71 429,00
