Table 1.
Disabled subject demographics.
| # | Description of Disability | Gender | Age | Duration of disability | Speech affected (Y/N)a | > 5 BCI sessions (Y/N) | Fitts’ analysis (Y/N) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spinal muscular atrophy (type 2) | F | 27 | Since birth | Y | Y | N |
| 2 | Spinal cord injury (level T-10) | M | 51 | 8 years | N | N | N |
| 3 | Locked-in syndrome | M | 59 | 20 years | Y | Y | N |
| 4 | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | M | 50 | 18 years | Y | Y | Y |
| 5 | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | F | 46 | 19 years | Y | Y | Y |
| 6 | Spinal cord injury (level C4-5) | M | 50 | 9 years | N | Y | N |
| 7 | Post-polio | F | 65 | 51 years | N | N | N |
| 8 | Post-polio | M | 60 | N | Y | Y | |
| 9 | Muscular dystrophy (MD) and post-polio | M | 54 | MD -Since birth Polio - 51 years | Y | Y | Y |
| 10 | Cerebral palsy | M | 47 | Since birth | Y | N | N |
| 11 | Spinal muscular atrophy (type 2/3) | F | 49 | Since birth | N | Y | Y |
| 12 | Spinal muscular atrophy (type 3) | F | 47 | Since birth | N | Y | N |
a
The degree of speech impairment varied from difficult to understand to no speech at all