Family Launches Fundraising Campaign to Restore a Voice to Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor
Reading, United Kingdom, August 2026 – After more than two and a half years of being paralysed without a way to communicate, Peter Stevenson, a survivor of a severe traumatic brain injury, has shown remarkable progress using a specialised eye tracking communication system that allows him to communicate using the movement of a single eye. A fundraising campaign has now been launched to help secure continued access to this life-changing technology.
Peter suffered extensive brain injuries following a cycling accident in late 2023. Since then, he has been unable to speak and has lost all voluntary movement, retaining control of only his left eye. According to a recent clinical assessment, the Smartbox eye-gaze communication system currently provides Peter’s only practical means of independ...