Table 2 Patients’ clinical characteristics
From: The challenge of controlling an auditory BCI in the case of severe motor disability
No. | Pathology | Etiology (LIS) or onset (ALS) | Age (range of years) | Pathology duration | Communication code | ALS-FR scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LIS1A | LIS | Hemorrhagic stroke in the pons | 50–59 | 3 years | Yes–No code with vertical eyes movements, alphabetic code, no high-tech devices | NA |
LIS2 | LIS | Traumatic with brainstem injury | 30–39 | 3 years | Yes–No code with vertical eyes movements, alphabetic code, no high-tech devices | NA |
LIS3 | LIS | Ischemia (post-traumatic) with brainstem injury | 60–69 | 32 years | Yes–No code with vertical eyes movements, alphabetic code, eye-tracker and chin contactor | NA |
ALS1 | ALS | Bulbar onset | 50–59 | 6 years | Yes–No code with head movements, chin contactor | 17/48 |
ALS2 | ALS | Limbs onset | 30–39 | 5 years | Yes–No code with eyes-movements with a fluctuant reliability, eye-tracker at test | 0/48 |
ALS3 | ALS | Limbs onset | 50–59 | 4 years | Yes–No code with head movements, alphabetic code by laser pointing with head, no high-tech devices | 18/48 |
ALS4 | ALS | Limbs onset | 60–69 | 25 years | Phonation (interpretation with help of caregiver), eye-tracker | 23/48 |