Nick Gompertz
CEO & Founder; EarSwitch Ltd
EarSwitch Ltd
United Kingdom
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Dr Nick Gompertz has worked as a UK doctor in the NHS for 30 years. Nick developed the EarSwitch 6 years ago from a concept he’d dreamed up 30 years ago when visiting a person with MND/ ALS in a hospice, when a medical student
The EarSwitch is an assistive communication aid - in an ear-bud — operated handsfree and invisibly by squeezing a muscle in the ear. The EarSwitch has been developed with UK government funding (NIHR) and is undergoing clinical trials currently as an “assistive switch”.
EarSwitch seeks partners to help expand the reach of this new opportunity for communication and environmental control; including funders, manufacturers and partners/ licensees.
EarSwitch has future development opportunities with complex EarControl — detecting eye movement from the ear-drum; offering future eye tracking & switch selection all from audio earbuds.
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Thursday, 6 March 2025
12:20 - 14:00
An Afternoon of Innovation: AI for All
- Artificial Intelligence
- Assistive technologies
- ICT innovations
- English captions | International Sign
This thematic afternoon during Day Two of #ZeroCon25 combines theory and practice, giving space to important conversations on the burgeoning industry of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that works for all.