Our Team has a very strong track record of collaboration with the University of Sheffield Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Group and the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare. We also collaborate on projects with other leading research institutions including MMU and UCL. The team is also a member of the Devices for Dignity (D4D) Healthcare Technology Co-operative and leads the Assistive Technology theme within D4D. Research Projects The team is involved in a range of cutting edge developments in the assistive technology field, research carried out by the group has a strong focus on user-centred design. SPECS Speech-driven Environmental Control Systems (SPECS) We were lead partners on this project which developed a speech driven environmental control system ...Read More Sheffield Support Snood HeadUp – The Sheffield Support Snood. 2011 We were partners on the development phase of this head support for people ...Read More STAR STAR – Speech Therapy apps for Rehabilitation We were co-applicants on this NIHR (i4i) grant in collaboration with University of ...Read More I-ASC Project Identifying appropriate symbol communication aids for children who are non speaking We are partners on this NIHR Grant (HS&DR – 14/70/153) in collaboration ...Read More DfE AAC Grants DfE Alternative and Augmentative Communication Grant (North Consortia). 2013 We were a project partner within this Department for Education grant work ...Read More ICU App Supporting Communication for those in ICU This project was a collaboration with Imperial College/RCA Helix Centre, Digital Stitch Ltd and ...Read More Unspoken Voices Unspoken Voices – Kath Broomfield, NIHR Clinical Fellowship We are supporting Kath in her PhD fellowship which is about the ‘unspoken ...Read More CARLA CARLA (D4D). 2014. As part of our partnership with Devices for Dignity we developed an accessible receptive language assessment for ...Read More Emego EMGage – Electromyography for control. Phase 1&2 Partners on this SBRI funded project in collaboration with GSPK Design, CATCH and Devices For Dignity. The ...Read More VocaTempo VocaTempo – Voice Input Communication Aid for Children with Dysarthria Buillding on previous work by the University of Sheffield and ...Read More AAC Evidence Base Communication Matters, research matters: evidence of need project. 2011 We were a partner in this project, funded by the Big ...Read More D4D AAC Project Communication aid design – Devices for Dignity AAC project. 2009 We investigated the design requirements of users’ of communication aids, ...Read More Gaze Project Functional Gaze Control in Young Children with Cerebral Palsy. 2013 We supported this project led by UCL looking at functional eye ...Read More Maavis MAAVIS – Simple access to media and communications We were involved in the development and evaluation of this software which aimed ...Read More Vivoca Voice In Voice Output Communication Aid (Vivoca & Vivoca2). 2007, 2009. We were lead partner on these projects in collaboration ...Read More