Machine aids brain-damaged little girl to say I love you mom for the first time

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Machine aids brain-damaged little girl to say I love you mom for the first time by patgarcia

What a wonderful tender bonding experience for her loving parents! Science once again makes miracles happen thanks to passionate people that research and investigate to bless others lives. 

A severely handicapped little girl who cannot walk or talk has used a machine to tell her mother for the first time: 'I love you.' 

Six-year-old Elke Wisbey, who was born brain-damaged, has been able to communicate with her family by using a high-tech gadget which tracks her eye movements.

The £17,000 MyTobii Smartbox machine from Sweden detects which icons Elke is looking at by using tiny lasers.

When her eyes settle on an icon on the screen of the Smartbox, a pre-programmed voice speaks the word or phrase for her.

Just a few days after setting up the equipment, Elke's parents, Glynnis and Matt Wisbey, described how their daughter started using her eyes to repeat the words 'I love you' over and over again.

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