Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Update from Mirna

First of all, and once again, I need to apologize for not posting any updates in such a long time.

I have been in communication with Gabriella, but at a limited basis, but she has been trying to keep me posted on Mirna's progress.

As expected, this process is taking some time, and while Mirna is a now very able to move the mouse from any direction, she has been having some issues with keeping the mouse stationary and hence, be able to select something from the screen. This is mostly due to her developing strabismus (squint-eye) on one eye and the signals coming into the sensors are being misdirected.

We have provided them with some suggestions on how to minimize this effect and they continue to try. They also continue to struggle with the electrode (sensor) placing as this is the most time consuming part of the setup.

Regardless of all these "hurdles", Mirna continues to be patient and motivated to continue to use the EE system. She continues to be very grateful with all the people that made it possible for her to have this new means of communication.

We will continue to monitor her progress and will post the information on this blog.

God Bless.