ArticleFrontiers in neurology2021
Assessment of Language Functions in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness Using an Alternative Communication Tool.
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- Eye tracking as a novel approach to cognitive assessment in DOC patients based on evidence from a multicenter clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Eye-Tracking Assessment in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Eye movements as indicators of awareness in prolonged disorders of consciousness: a scoping review of behavioral and neural evidence.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Can Eye Tracking Help Assess the State of Consciousness in Non-Verbal Brain Injury Patients?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Application of High-Tech Solution for Memory Assessment in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to describe the percentage of tasks involving language functions that were completed by patients diagnosed with disorders of consciousness, as observed during neurorehabilitation conducted for different periods of time using an alternative communication tool. The project involved six participants, who were observed for 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year. The patients were asked to solve tasks involving language functions with the use of an eye-controlled device. The language functions were evaluated on the basis of the average number of tasks performed by the patients, which was 70.45% for the whole subject group. It is not entirely clear what determined the changes in language functions during the research. It is crucial that patients performed the presented tasks even though their state of consciousness, as confirmed through medical documentation (unresponsive wakefulness syndrome), did not suggest the possibility of establishing any contact with them.
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