BCI applications for people with disabilities: Defining user needs and user requirements

Claudia Zickler; Valentina Di Donna; Vera Kaiser; Abdul Al-Khodairy; Sonja Kleih; Andrea Kübler; Massimiliano Malavasi; Donatella Mattia; Simona Mongardi; Christa Neuper; Martin Rohm; Rüdiger Rupp; Pit Staiger-Sälzer; Evert Jan Hoogerwerf

doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-042-1-185

BCI applications for people with disabilities: Defining user needs and user requirements

Claudia Zickler, Valentina Di Donna, Vera Kaiser, Abdul Al-Khodairy, Sonja Kleih, Andrea Kübler, Massimiliano Malavasi, Donatella Mattia, Simona Mongardi, Christa Neuper, Martin Rohm, Rüdiger Rupp, Pit Staiger-Sälzer, Evert Jan Hoogerwerf

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Abstract

The EU-project "Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction" (TOBI) aims at developing practical technology for brain-computer interaction. To elucidate the most urgent needs and requirements of potential users, 77 persons with disabilities from Austria, Italy, and Germany were assessed with a newly developed questionnaire. Participants had a high degree of experience in using assistive technology (AT). Despite high satisfaction ratings with current AT solutions there was still a need for better or alternative AT solutions in the areas of manipulation, communication, computer access/entertainment, and environmental control. The results also confirm the relevance of the set of applications the TOBI project is pursuing to develop. Main end-user requirements of new AT were "functionality", "possibility of independent use", and "easiness of use".

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Assistive Technology Research Series
Pages	185-189
Number of pages	5
Volume	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-042-1-185
Publication status	Published - 2009

Publication series

Name	Assistive Technology Research Series
Volume	25
ISSN (Print)	1383813X
ISSN (Electronic)	18798071

Keywords

assistive technology
BCI
user needs
user requirements
user satisfaction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Engineering (miscellaneous)
Medicine (miscellaneous)

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Zickler, C., Di Donna, V., Kaiser, V., Al-Khodairy, A., Kleih, S., Kübler, A., Malavasi, M., Mattia, D., Mongardi, S., Neuper, C., Rohm, M., Rupp, R., Staiger-Sälzer, P., & Hoogerwerf, E. J. (2009). BCI applications for people with disabilities: Defining user needs and user requirements. In Assistive Technology Research Series (Vol. 25, pp. 185-189). (Assistive Technology Research Series; Vol. 25). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-042-1-185

Zickler, C, Di Donna, V, Kaiser, V, Al-Khodairy, A, Kleih, S, Kübler, A, Malavasi, M, Mattia, D, Mongardi, S, Neuper, C, Rohm, M, Rupp, R, Staiger-Sälzer, P & Hoogerwerf, EJ 2009, BCI applications for people with disabilities: Defining user needs and user requirements. in Assistive Technology Research Series. vol. 25, Assistive Technology Research Series, vol. 25, pp. 185-189. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-042-1-185

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