Case study: AI helps recreate lady’s own voice so she could regain her identity when using AAC tech
Sarah Ezekiel The power of AI has helped recreate a lady’s own voice from just a single line of speech from an old video so…
Case study: Standing system enables Zain to give his mum a standing cuddle for the very first time
Jenx’s Supine Stander 3 has helped 11-year-old Zain easily socialise at eye-level with his peers, give his mum a standing a cuddle for the first…
Case study: Social media content creator fitted with advanced bionic hand
Born without most of his right hand, social media content creator Henrik Cox has followed prosthetic advancements from a young age. Now, he has been…
Case study: Personalised LEGO prosthetic fitted by specialist enablement centre helps Tobi thrive
The Portsmouth Enablement Centre, which is run by Steeper Group in partnership with Portsmouth Hospitals University (PHU) NHS Trust, is helping people with limb loss…
Case study: How TEC reconnected a mother and daughter and provided reassurance
Sharon and her mum, Monica When Sharon’s mum, Monica, lost her partner and began struggling with her health, Sharon found herself trying to care from…
Case study: Council’s assistive and smart tech service helps mother and daughter live independently at home
Maureen and Rosemary Monmouthshire County Council’s Assistive and Smart Technology Service, along with the Social Care and Health directorate, provides technological solutions to help people…
Case study: Lady receives life-changing multi-grip prosthetic hand from NHS trust
A woman born with one arm has had her life transformed thanks to pioneering prosthetic technology from Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Julie…
Case study: Powerchair that can easily climb steps and stairs enables teenage boy to regain freedom
Precision Rehab recently delivered the first iBOT PMD powerchair in the UK to 14-year-old David Dee from Manchester. David has Type 2 SMA which affects…
Case study: Curved stairlift ensures lady can continue living in her family home
Sheelah has lived in her family home for nearly 40 years but had noticed in recent years that climbing the stairs had gone from being…
Case study: OT prescribes life-changing stairclimber to enable former research fellow to go downstairs
Contracting Covid and suspected Lymes Disease literally changed Sarah Chadburn’s life. The former research fellow at the University of Exeter was unable to get out…