Scientists from Australia’s Monash University have worked out a new technology to help people with aphasia to communicate.
Teaming up with Monash Health speech pathologists and their patients, students from the Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME) and Monash Young Medtech Innovators (MYMI) have designed Project QWERTY, a free website that offers a high-tech but simple-to-use solution to aphasia.
Aphasia is a neurological disorder and communication disability which can affect talking, understanding, reading, writing, and numeracy. It can be caused by stroke, brain tumour, or brain injury.
Around 38 percent stroke survivors are impacted by aphasia. There are currently 140,000 Australians, and 180,000 Americans estimated to be living with this life-changing problem, which ranges from mild to severe. Most notably, Hollywood actor Bruce Willis recently announced that he was suffering from the disability….