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Augmented Reality: Perceptions, Performance, and Language Enhancement
This is a single-center feasibility study assessing the Apple Vision Pro as a device for augmentative and alternative communication in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis who are experiencing impaired communication.Participants in this study will visit the study site once for approximately 1.5 hours. During the session, participants will complete questionnaires about their medical history, undergo an eye exam, and use an augmented reality headset that tracks the motion of the eyes to communicate.
Participants and their caregivers will complete a single visit at the Hershey Medical Center lasting approximately 1.5 hours. During this time, they will undergo an eye exam, answer a set of questionnaires, and use an augmented reality (AR) headset that tracks eye-gaze to communicate.
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Use of augmentative and alternative communication device device (including but not limited to: eye tracking, switch control, scanning interface, written or typed communication).
Score of 1 or 0 on the ALS Functional Rating Scale (ALSFRS-R, Cedarbaum1999) speech sub-score and/or score of 2, 1, or 0 ALSFRS-R handwriting sub-score.
Continuous use of face-mask noninvasive ventilator that would impair comfortable wearing of AVP headset for at least 60 minutes
History of visual impairment incompatible with device use
History of medical diagnoses that could be exacerbated by use of the augmented reality headset: uncontrolled migraines or chronic headache, dizziness, vertigo, or other inner ear conditions, dry eyes, skin allergies, seizures
Diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia or other severe cognitive impairment that is sufficient, in the opinion of the study neurologist, to interfere with the subject’s ability to provide informed consent and reliably complete questionnaires