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Barron Associates’ iCare is a video game created to treat amblyopia and convergence insufficiency. iCare was tested under an NIH National Eye Institute-funded clinical study. In this study, iCare was shown to have similar results to older computer-based vision therapy programs. However, participants in the study found the iCare system to be far more engaging […]

Barron Associates’ LimbTeq system is an accurate, low-profile, and convenient metabolic energy expenditure and physical activity monitor that is compatible with lower limb prostheses. The LimbTeq system collects these data through custom electronic sensors embedded within the prosthetic liner, and provides real-time user feedback via a wireless handheld touchscreen device. Such feedback will be helpful […]

Virtual Occupational Therapy Assistant (VOTA) is a computer-based virtual world in which stroke patients practice activities of daily living (ADLs), combining low-cost human motion tracking, commercial game engine technology, and evidence-based Occupational Therapy (OT) practice. In recently completed testing at the UVa HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, fourteen stroke survivors successfully used the system in four one-hour […]

Barron Associates is pleased to announce that research led by Dr. Jason O. Burkholder and William T. Gressick has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 8,593,644 B2.  The work, conducted in collaboration with Southwest Research Institute and funded by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), is titled White Light Optical Profilometer for Measuring Complex Surfaces.  Key […]

Barron Associates, Inc. in partnership with Designing Digitally, Inc. won a coveted Brandon Hall Group Silver Award for Excellence in the Best Use of Games for Learning category. Barron Associates, Inc. and Designing Digitally, Inc. created a 3D motion tracking training game called Virtual Occupational Therapy Assistant (VOTA). The VOTA project win was announced on […]