NeuronUP from the perspective of users with brain injury

Users of the Spanish National Reference Center for Brain Injury Care share their opinion of NeuronUP

“It seems made for me” (comment from a former CEADAC patient who attended the platform presentation). On Friday, we had the pleasure of presenting our platform at the Spanish National Reference Center for Brain Injury Care (CEADAC). The presentation was attended not only by professionals in the field, as usually happens, but also by some very special guests: former and current patients of the center, who shared their opinion of NeuronUP.

We didn’t realize this until the talk ended and it was time for questions and comments, when the first hands raised, eager to speak, belonged to two people at the back. First, a man stood up and introduced himself as a former patient of the center. He congratulated us on our work and also suggested an idea related to the kind of motivation he would like to find while doing rehabilitation. This contribution is certainly very valuable since, like him, many other users will surely appreciate that detail.

Then a young woman sitting next to him spoke. The first thing she said when she stood up was: “It seems made for me.” And she added: “I really identified with the activities you showed, because they’re the ones I have trouble with every day.”

The value of users’ suggestions

It’s interesting to think how such a simple sentence meant so much. It gave the whole NeuronUP team an extra boost of motivation. We greatly value the points of view of different professionals, but suggestions from those who will be the end users are especially valuable to us.

Improving NeuronUP every day

Every day, we work hard to keep creating and improving this platform. We do so not only to be useful to rehabilitation professionals, but also with the end user very much in mind, since they are the real reason this project exists. As we all know, no one chooses to need cognitive rehabilitation, so at NeuronUP we have always wanted this process to be as manageable and pleasant as possible for everyone who, because of life’s circumstances, needs it. That’s why we try to create activities with a stimulating, pleasant design, motivating gameplay and attractive stimuli, and, most importantly, tasks that genuinely help the person make their daily life easier and improve their quality of life, which is undoubtedly the real goal of neuropsychological rehabilitation.

We’re very happy to see that we’re on the right track and that our original goal of doing our bit for the world of rehabilitation may one day grow into something much bigger. We’ll keep working!

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NeuronUP desde el punto de vista de usuarios con daño cerebral