We all remember the class communication boards for patients with an inability to express themselves otherwise. The patient is asked to point or otherwise indicate an item on the board, allowing nursing staff to attend to their needs. While effective to some extent, these boards are limited by space and content. For a patient with intact faculties, being restricted to the items on such communication boards may be frustrating and disheartening. This is a situation in which technology may bring a huge change. Imagine being able to provide the patient with a tablet computer to use to communicate. They could type their messages, and the device could even read them out loud to the nurse. They could have an entire world of pictures to choose from if they cannot type. No longer limited, such technology could free someone from a failed body. A perfect example, Steven Hawking, world famous astrophycisist, who has communicated using a computer for years.
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