The study tested the device in 23 able-bodied and 11 paralysed participants. All of the disabled volunteers preferred the system to their regular device, said co-author Joy Bruce, who heads the Shepherd centre's spinal cord injury lab. But patients who were older or worried that a tongue stud wasn't
Date: Nov 28, 2013
Source: Google
Tongue piercing lets paralyzed control wheelchairs [VIDEO]
By the end of the trials, everybody preferred the Tongue Drive System over their current assistive technology, posited co-author Joy Bruce, manager of Shepherd Centers Spinal Cord Injury Lab. It allows them to engage their environment in a way that is otherwise not possible for them.
Date: Nov 28, 2013
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Tongue-controlled wheelchairs prove effective for quadriplegic patients
It was the first time a tongue piercing had been performed as a medical procedure, Joy Bruce, manager of Shepherd Centers Spinal Cord Injury Lab and co-author of the study, told FoxNews.com. A lot of extra care was given to the procedure, but what we discovered is that the tongue piercing risks
Date: Nov 27, 2013
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Tongue Drive System is a piercing that controls wheelchair
The current study tested the device in 23 able-bodied participants and 11 paralyzed volunteers. By study's end, all of the disabled volunteers preferred the tongue system to their regular assistive device, said co-author Joy Bruce, who heads the Shepherd Center's spinal cord injury lab. But patient
Date: Nov 27, 2013
Category: Health
Source: Google
Tongue pierce lets the paralyzed drive wheelchairs
he current study tested the device in 23 able-bodied participants and 11 paralyzed volunteers. By studys end, all of the disabled volunteers preferred the tongue system to their regular assistive device, said co-author Joy Bruce, who heads the Shepherd Centers spinal cord injury lab. But patients