Noninvasive brain-computer interfaces for augmentative and alternative communication

Murat Akcakaya, Betts Peters, Mohammad Moghadamfalahi, Aimee R. Mooney, Umut Orhan, Barry Oken, Deniz Erdogmus, Melanie Fried-Oken

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Abstract

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) promise to provide a novel access channel for assistive technologies, including augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, to people with severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI). Research on the subject has been accelerating significantly in the last decade and the research community took great strides toward making BCI-AAC a practical reality to individuals with SSPI. Nevertheless, the end goal has still not been reached and there is much work to be done to produce real-world-worthy systems that can be comfortably, conveniently, and reliably used by individuals with SSPI with help from their families and care givers who will need to maintain, setup, and debug the systems at home. This paper reviews reports in the BCI field that aim at AAC as the application domain with a consideration on both technical and clinical aspects.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6684304
Pages (from-to)31-49
Number of pages19
JournalIEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
  • brain-computer interface (BCI)
  • electroencephalography (EEG)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering

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