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Project aims to better communication, quality of life for children with impairments
For children with severe speech and physical impairments, the inability to share their thoughts and feelings can deeply affect their quality of life and well-being.
Researchers and engineers continue to seek new ways to help these children communicate, including an experimental technology that enables thoughts to control communication devices, known as communication brain-computer interfaces.
Since launching the project in 2023, Kevin Pitt, assistant professor of special education and communication disorders, has seen promising results using interface tools designed to support children.
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