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Rehabilitation Engineering
"Technology that is used to help increase the functional capabilities is often called assistive technology" Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Engineering is used to provide electronic assistance and resolutions for people that have disabilities or recovering from injury. The devices that are constructed can be built for several functions. Specifically, mobility hearing, vision, mental processing and speaking. Rehabilitation Engineering Technology is considered vital because it helps the users to be able to do either of these four functions that could be difficult or unable to be perform on their on. Brain Computer interfaces are inventions that are used by doctors to help patients regain control of their neurological functions. Also, prosthetic devices help patients that have amputees to be able to perform everyday functions.

Robotic Arms
An example of a Brain Computer interface that are created in Rehabilitation Engineering is a Robotic Arm. A patient named Erik Sorto was a part of a clinical trial to test a neuro-prosthetic that could allow him through the control of robotic arms to regain control of his arms and his legs though his intentions. He suffered spinal cord and nervous system damage at the age of twenty one so he decided to take part in this study and decided to get a surgically add a neuroprosthetic. The prosthetic tool was put into his brain that was connected to his Robotic Arm in order to conduct movements and motions by his cognitive intentions. "These intentions are transmitted to the motor cortex, through the spinal cord, and to the arm and legs where movement is executed." This very Rehabilitation Technology allowed him to be able to conduct normal everyday functions.