Mymemory: A mobile memory assistant for people with traumatic brain injury

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability in young people in New Zealand, and has long-term effects on memory and other cognitive functions. This article introduces MyMemory, a mobile augmented memory system that aims to assist TBI survivors in coping with their memory impairments. We here present an exploration of design requirements for mobile memory aids for people with TBI, the MyMemory conceptual design and high-level details of the prototype implementation. We report on the results of our A-B-A-B study with six TBI survivors and three caregivers. The participants with TBI all reported improvements when using MyMemory with regards to their well-being, memory function and autobiographical memory. The caregivers confirmed these observations of TBI participants, however, the results regarding possible reductions of caregiver burden are mixed.