Title :
The development of ICU-Talk: a communication aid for patients in intensive care units
Author :
Ashraf, Sharmin ; Ricketts, I.W. ; Waller, Adrian ; Gordon, B. ; Alm, N.
Abstract :
ICU-Talk is a three year collaborative research project, funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC), to develop and evaluate a communication aid for patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) who are temporarily unable to speak due to intubation. The project is staffed by a software engineer, an ICU nurse, a speech and language therapist and a PhD student. The paper outlines the development of ICU-Talk and the results from the first nine months of the project
Keywords :
patient care; ICU-Talk; collaborative research project; communication aid; intensive care units; intubation; patients;
Conference_Titel :
Speech and Language Processing for Disabled and Elderly People (Ref. No. 2000/025), IEE Seminar on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:20000138
