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Research at Nebraska, November 2025 highlights

In case you missed these stories highlighting research and creative activity, the Office of Research and Innovation’s communications team has compiled a roundup of some top research stories from research.unl.edu and other sources.

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.