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A. Plotkin, L. Sela, A. Weissbrod, R. Kahana, L. Haviv, Y. Yeshurun, N. Soroker and N. Sobel, “Sniffing Enables Communication and Environmental Control for the Severely Disabled,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 107, No. 32, 2010, pp. 14413-14418.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1006746107

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• TITLE: Biomechanical Signals Human-Computer Interface for Severe Motor Disabilities

  AUTHORS: Albano Carrera, Alonso A. Alonso, Ramón de la Rosa, Javier M. Aguiar

  KEYWORDS: Man-Machine Systems; Electronics; Medical Rehabilitation; Independent Living; Biomedical Engineering

  JOURNAL NAME: E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks, Vol.2 No.4, November 21, 2013

  ABSTRACT: A system that allows computer interaction by disabled people with very low mobility and who cannot use the standard procedure based on keyboard and mouse is presented. The development device uses the patient’s voluntary biomechanical signals, specifically, winks—which constitute an ability that generally remains in this kind of patients—, as interface to control the computer. A prototype based on robust and low-cost elements has been built and its performance has been validated through real trials by 16 users without previous training. The system can be optimized after a learning period in order to be adapted to every user. Also, good results were obtained in a subjective satisfaction survey that was completed by the users after carrying out the test trials.