Doctors say EMOJIS could be key to helping stroke patients communicate
Doctors say EMOJIS could be key to helping stroke patients communicate
From a crying face to a space rocket, there’s an emoji for almost everything.
Now doctors have suggested they could be used to help stroke or ventilator patients express their symptoms.
Kendrick Davis, a scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has been designing an emoji-based measurement system for the past two years.
He wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association that they could be a useful tool for patients who cannot speak.
Emojis have universal appeal. Its use can bypass education level, language and age. They open a bridge for communication,” he said.
Kendrick Davis, a scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has spent the past two years designing an emoji-based measurement system (File image)
Doctors have suggested they could be used to help stroke or ventilator patients express symptoms (File image)
Mr. Davis wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association that they could be a useful tool for patients who cannot speak (File image)
“They are so easily used in communication and exclude only a few populations, such as the visually impaired.
“Medical associations should come together to agree on a comprehensive set of symbols that are universally recognized and understood,” he added.
“Promoting effective communication between patients and caregivers… can develop a universal emoji-based language system with a common meaning similarity.”