Smart keyboard learns your moves to give a voice to the voiceless
NCT ID NCT06337188
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to create a communication device that automatically learns and adapts to each user's physical abilities. It is designed for people with severe motor impairments who cannot use standard keyboards or speech. The system will be tested in 20 adults and children aged 6 and older to see if it improves communication speed and ease.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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6 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults or Children; age greater than or equal to 6 y.o. * Male or female * Able to (a) spell, (b) follow 2-3 step directions, (c) read 40 point text * Have complex communication needs representing a broad spectrum of developmental and acquired severe motor impairments resulting from high spinal cord injury (SCI), chronic Guillain-Barre syndrome, brain stem stroke, cerebral palsy (CP), locked-in syndrome, among others. * Requires the use of an alternative access strategy to communicate and/or use technology that has been clinically prescribed and manually optimized following current clinical standards. * Sufficient control and voluntary muscle activation on either the head, hand, or foot (on the basis of clinical evaluation by clinical collaborators at University of Nebraska Medical Center) to use the proposed wearable AAC system for the purpose of this study. * Sufficient stamina and developmental maturity (on the basis of clinical evaluation by clinical collaborators at University of Nebraska Medical Center) to attend to the approximately 1-2 hour protocols outlined in Aims 2 and 3 without excess fatigue or distraction. * Availability for at least 5 testing sessions over the study period. * No medical or safety restrictions of active head, hand, or foot movement (as determined by clinical collaborators at University of Nebraska Medical Center). * Clinical evidence of preserved cognition by a score of 0 or 1 on NIHSS Consciousness and Communication item. * Ability to voluntarily blink eyes or raise eyebrows on command (for head selection) or contract fingers/hand grasp (for hand selection) or rotate foot (for foot selection). * Able to provide written, informed consent or an accompanying communication partner or parent/guardian (for individuals under 18 y.o) to provide written, informed consent/assent to participate in the study. * Able to speak and follow directions in English. Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English speaker. * Inability to follow simple instructions in English. * Medical history of musculoskeletal conditions (arthritis, spondylosis, etc.) that causes pain on head, hand, or foot movement. * Restricted active or passive rotation of head and neck resulting from unstable vertebral, spinal cord, or nerve roots that places the subject at risk for execution of the protocol. * Medical history of cardiac or respiratory complications, or similar disorders that would severely reduce stamina and/or place the subject at risk for conducting the different motor activities. * Unable to provide informed assent/consent in English.
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Conditions
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Locations
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
RECRUITINGOmaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States
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