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project info
Start date: 31 December 2015
End date: 27 February 2017
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 220 901,40 €
EU contribution: 110 450,70 € (50%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2021
Managing authority: Subdirección General de Gestión del FEDER de la Dirección General de Fondos Comunitarios. Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Publicas.

COMDISC. Design of an augmentative and alternative communication system based on physiological control for people with discinetic cerebral palsy

The objective of the project is to develop an augmentative and alternative communication system controlled with physiological signals for people with dyskinetic cerebral palsy (DCP). In this way, the aim is to improve their social inclusion, independent life and quality of life. This project proposes the advancement of the state of the art in 2 additional lines, which can be considered independently for the exploitation of the results:Develop new user-centred design methodologies that allow people with special needs to participate in product development, overcoming their limitations (physical or speech). Putting up physiological control tools that allow electronic devices to control people with motor limitations.

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