Capturing phrases for ICU-Talk, a communication aid for intubated intensive care patients.

Authors:
S. Ashraf;A. Judson;I. W. Ricketts;A. Waller;N. Alm;B. Gordon;F. MacAulay;J. K. Brodie;M. Etchels;A. Warden;A. J. Shearer
Affiliations:
University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK;University Of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK;University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK;University Of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK;University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK;University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK;Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, U.K;Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, U.K;Intensive Care Unit, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, UK;Intensive Care Unit, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, UK;Intensive Care Unit, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, UK
Venue:
Proceedings of the fifth international ACM conference on Assistive technologies
Year:
2002

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Abstract

The need for intubated patients, within the intensive care setting, to communicate more effectively led to the development of ICU-Talk, an augmentative and alternative communication aid. The communication aid contains a database containing both core and patient-specific vocabulary. Many users of communication aids can provide direct input into the vocabulary, but intensive care patients are not in this position. This paper discusses the methods chosen to gather the vocabulary for an intensive care setting.