Nova Scotia mom says eye-gaze communication breakthrough with daughter ‘is going to open up’ her world - News Summed Up

Nova Scotia mom says eye-gaze communication breakthrough with daughter ‘is going to open up’ her world


WATERVILLE, N.S.—As her grey-blue eyes move ever so slightly, Joellan Huntley’s determination to be heard becomes immediately clear. Her mother, Louise Misner, said Huntley made an incredible breakthrough on Christmas Day when the family was visiting the Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre in Waterville, N.S. “Her whole world is going to open up now,” Misner told reporters. Misner said the settlement money helped the family purchase the computer equipment she is now using. A light mounted on Huntley’s computer tablet projects a beam into her eyes, and the reflection is monitored by camera using special software.


Source: thestar January 02, 2018 19:33 UTC



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