Astrid and her MyTobii P10

An acute lack of oxygen at birth left Astrid unable to communicate through speech - until she found the MyTobii P10.

Doctors pronounced Astrid Lorenzen dead at birth, but a massive resuscitation effort brought her back to life. But the complications of her birth left Astrid with severe Cerebral Palsy, and all the challenges that go with it.

For the first eight years of her life, Astrid communicated by body language and by pointing at pictures in a specially-adapted book. Then her parents discovered the MyTobii P10 at an exhibition, and Astrid’s life was changed for the better.

Opportunities

“We realized immediately the opportunities it could give Astrid to communicate,” says her mother Dorte. “She also needed the equipment to keep up in school”.

By now, Astrid is in the third grade and working at the same level as her 22 classmates.  She is able to use the device to communicate with her peers and answer her teacher’s questions. The My Tobii P10 is operated by Astrid’s eyes only, which pick out letters and words to form sentences that the device then verbalizes for her.

Not only has the device helped her education- she now has a new, easier way to communicate and interact with her classmates. Using the P10 she can call them up and have conversations like any other third-grader.

“Astrid has suddenly become a bigger girl. It’s important that she can answer with a voice at home and at school. It’s easier for the family now since we can communicate much more naturally than before,” says Dorte.