| Presentation | 2016-10-16 A Trial of Choosing a Word with Yes/No Communication Aid by an ALS Patient Kuniaki Ozawa, Masayoshi Naito, Naoki Tanaka, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | An Yes/No communication aid for totally locked-in ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) patients has been studied. To mark the first step of its application the aid was utilized to get the vowels of a word that a subject wants to communicate with caregivers. An experiment was attempted to get the vowels “iu” of a word “inu (dog)” from Oriental Zodiac by two subjects; one is healthy and the other ALS patient. As a result the patient selected vowels correctly once and the other fourth out of 12 trials including trials of left and right forehead. It takes more time to put the aid into the real situation of hearing vowels of a word by the aid but this result seemed to show the possibility of its future success. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | ALS / communication / Yes/No answers / near- infrared light / erebral blood volume / accuracy rate / vowel selection |
| Paper # | WIT2016-37 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-10-09 (WIT) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | WIT |
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| Conference Date | 2016/10/16(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Karatsu Royal Hotel (Saga pref.) |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Ergonomics and Well-being Information Technology, etc. |
| Chair | Kiyohiko Nunokawa(Tokyo International Univ.) |
| Vice Chair | Chikamune Wada(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) |
| Secretary | Chikamune Wada(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) |
| Assistant | Tomohiro Amemiya(NTT) / Takeaki Shionome(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) / Manabi Miyagi(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) / Takashi Handa(Saitama Industrial Technology Center) |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Technical Committee on Well-being Information Technology |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | A Trial of Choosing a Word with Yes/No Communication Aid by an ALS Patient |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | ALS |
| Keyword(2) | communication |
| Keyword(3) | Yes/No answers |
| Keyword(4) | near- infrared light |
| Keyword(5) | erebral blood volume |
| Keyword(6) | accuracy rate |
| Keyword(7) | vowel selection |
| 1st Author's Name | Kuniaki Ozawa |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Toyo University(Toyo Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Masayoshi Naito |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Toyo University(Toyo Univ.) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Naoki Tanaka |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Toyo University(Toyo Univ.) |
| Date | 2016-10-16 |
| Paper # | WIT2016-37 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.116 |
| Number (no) | WIT-248 |
| Page | pp.pp.23-28(WIT), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-10-09 (WIT) |