Assistive Technology

People living with a brain injury can experience a variety of cognitive challenges that may affect their attention and concentration, information processing, short and long-term memory, and executive function.

The Assistive Technology Hub provides a comprehensive range of services to address these challenges. Services are tailored to the individual’s needs and include assistive technology development, assessment and implementation.

The Assistive Technology Hub is a specialist service initiative of Ingham Institute and a flagship program in the Perich Centre for Robotics and health Technology.

Key initiatives

• Trialling gamification of rehabilitation through video games, virtual reality, and robotic therapy tools
• Developing targeted support for women with brain injury, who are more likely to experience posttraumatic stress and trouble returning to work after their injury
• Combining technology and more traditional therapies to transform how brain injury patients engage with their recovery
• Trialling use of upper limb rehabilitation robots to assist patients post brain injury
• Consumer and clinician training in the types and applications of available AT