Hoyle, Anna C.
Stevenson, Richard
Leonhardt, Martin
Gillett, Thomas
Martinez-Hernandez, Uriel
Gompertz, Nick
Clarke, Christopher
Cazzola, Dario
Metcalfe, Benjamin W.
Article History
Received: 26 March 2024
Accepted: 30 October 2024
First Online: 2 December 2024
Declarations
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: This study has been approved by the University of Bath’s Health Department Research Ethics Committee (EP 19/20 077). Participants in both surveys and in the validation gave their written consent to participate.
: Consent was obtained from the participants for publication of the results, without any identifying information being disclosed.
: EarSwitch Ltd is a company that patented (UK granted patent number: GB2570013, International patent application number: PCT/GB2019/051357) the concept of using the voluntary control of the Tensor Tympani Muscle to control assistive technology (EarSwitch ™) and jointly applied for funding for this study and for developing an assistive device based on the method.