A professor hopes others can benefit from a device he invented to help his young son use an inhaler.
Software converts audio signals, picked up by an inhaler microphone, into visual information within a video game
The consultant ophthalmologist said it was incredibly "stressful and frightening" for him and his wife to see four-year-old Rafi fighting for breath.Professor Aslam said that when his son was in a wheezy state, he often struggled to accept the mask and spacer device pressed against his mouth."I was determined to do something about it," said Prof Aslam, "and so designed a system on a shoestring which could help train him.
Manchester University said the simple inhaler add-on, costing "just pennies", could now be controlled by a smartphone app. The research was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Asthma+Lung UK charity .
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