Project leader Holle Carey will be demonstrating the Opti-Speech interactive speech therapy software at NDI's exhibit booth at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Denver on Nov. 12-14. Vulintus and NDI are partnering to integrate our Opti-Speech software with NDI's 3D electro-magnetic articulography systems. Stop by booth #1117 to see the system in action and to check out "Ichabod", Holle's robotic Opti-Speech spokesperson.
PLOS One Paper Cross-Validates MotoTrak with Skilled Reaching and Pasta Matrix
In a new paper published in PLOS One, an isometric pull forelimb assessment using Vulintus' MotoTrak system is compared against standard skilled reach and pasta matrix assessments for rats. All three assessments show significant motor deficits after an ischemic stroke, but only the isometric pull task shows chronic deficits lasting throughout the 6 weeks of post-stroke testing.
MotoTrak Mouse Data Published in the Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Congratulations to April Becker and her colleagues in Mark Goldberg's Neurorepair Lab at UTSW Medical Center on their new article published in the Journal of Neuroscience Methods. Their study used MotoTrak for the isometric force task and measured the volitional pull strength of mice before and after a photothrombotic stroke in motor cortex.
Vulintus Heads to Chicago for SfN 2015
Join us in Chicago at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2015 on October 18-21. We'll be showing off our MotoTrak forelimb testing systems at booth #1667. Our reward dispensers are filled with M&Ms, so drop by and pretend to be a lab rat to get some treats!
Vulintus Receives NIH Phase II SBIR Funding for OptiSpeech
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded Vulintus $1.5M for a two-year Phase II SBIR project to run a multi-site efficacy study of the OptiSpeech system for speech therapy and to create commercial-ready beta systems. Holle Carey is the principal investigator.