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More than 300 researchers gathered at the 2013 International Brain-Computer
Interface (BCI) Meeting to discuss current practice and future goals for BCI
research and development. The authors organized the Virtual Users' Forum at the
meeting to provide the BCI community with feedback from users. We report on the
Virtual Users' Forum, including initial results from ongoing research being
conducted by 2 BCI groups. Online surveys and in-person interviews were used to
solicit feedback from people with disabilities who are expert and novice BCI
users. For the Virtual Users' Forum, their responses were organized into 4 major
themes: current (non-BCI) communication methods, experiences with BCI research,
challenges of current BCIs, and future BCI developments. Two authors with severe
disabilities gave presentations during the Virtual Users' Forum, and their
comments are integrated with the other results. While participants' hopes for
BCIs of the future remain high, their comments about available systems mirror
those made by consumers about conventional assistive technology. They reflect
concerns about reliability (eg, typing accuracy/speed), utility (eg, applications
and the desire for real-time interactions), ease of use (eg, portability and
system setup), and support (eg, technical support and caregiver training). People
with disabilities, as target users of BCI systems, can provide valuable feedback
and input on the development of BCI as an assistive technology. To this end,
participatory action research should be considered as a valuable methodology for
future BCI research.
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