NCT05808478

Eye-tracking Technology for Severe Communication Disability

Augmentative Alternative Communication Intervention Delivered Via Eye-tracking Technology

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this project is to develop an Augmentative and Alternative Communication intervention through the use of Eye tracker system.

Detailed description

The term "complex communication needs" includes all patients who present severe disturbances in speech and language production and/or in comprehension, in relation to oral or written communication modalities. The main purpose of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is to promote the best possible communication for people with complex communication needs, through the use of techniques, methods and tools aimed not at replacing pre-existing communication methods but at increasing skills of natural communication through the enhancement of present skills. The Eye tracker system, thanks to allows the recording and analysis of eye movements, could be used successfully to support communication in patients with severe communication disability. The goal of this study is to develop an efficacy Augmentative and Alternative Communication intervention using eye-tracking technology for patients with severe communication disability. The secondary objective was to examine the psychosocial impact of technology for AAC on parents' perspectives and quality of life.

Conditions

• Communication Disabilities

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	AAC + Eye Tracking	The AAC treatment will be supported by the use of an innovative high-tech tool, such as Eye Tracking. The duration of treatment will be 6 months, with sessions of 45 minutes twice a week.
BEHAVIORAL	AAC	Treatment involves the use of conventional AAC, with low-tech tools, such as PECS or sign language. The duration of treatment will be six months, twice a week, with sessions of 45 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-22
• Primary completion: 2026-12-31
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2023-04-11
• Last updated: 2023-04-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy