Published August 5, 2013
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Pupil responses allow communication in locked-in syndrome patients
Abstract
For patients with severe motor disabilities, a robust means of communication is a crucial factor for their well-being [1]. We report here that pupil size measured by a bedside camera can be used to communicate with patients with locked-in syndrome. With the same protocol we demonstrate command-following for a patient in a minimally conscious state, suggesting its potential as a diagnostic tool for patients whose state of consciousness is in question. Importantly, neither training nor individual adjustment of our system's decoding parameters were required for successful decoding of patients' responses.
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© 2013 Elsevier B.V. We thank the patients, their families and the Association Locked In Syndrome (ALIS; France) and particularly F. Pellas, V. Sol and V. Blandin who helped with patient recruitment. This study was supported by the FNRS, European Commission (FP7-247919 DECODER to S.L.), James S. McDonnell Foundation, Mind Science Foundation, French Speaking Community Concerted Research Action, DFG (EI 852/1, EI 852/3 to W.E.), the Australian NHMRC (628590 to O.C.), the G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Foundations (to C.K.). We thank E. Schneider and his team for support with the EyeSeeCam; their contribution was supported by the BMBF (01 EO 0901).Attached Files
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- Eprint ID
- 41208
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cub.2013.06.011
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20130910-111149123
- FNRS
- FP7-247919 DECODER
- European Commission
- James S. McDonnell Foundation
- Mind Science Foundation
- French Speaking Community Concerted Research Action
- EI 852/1
- DFG
- EI 852/3
- DFG
- 628590
- Australian NHMRC
- G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundations
- 01 EO 0901
- BMBF
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