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The goal of the project was to produce a unique, cost effective, and user-friendly computer based telehealth system product that has longevity and the ability to be integrated modularly into a future internet-based health care communication provision. This notion was conceptualized as an aid to home-based self-training through motivated creativity via the manipulation of a digital multimedia game form or an abstract art form. The system was to be a supplementary tool for therapists. The targeted group is adults with acquired brain injury. This paper details the first phase of the product feasibility. Keywords·. Home telehealth system, remote therapy. Correspondence: Associate Professor Anthony Lewis-Brooks, PhD, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Niels Bohrs vej 8, 6710 Esbjerg, Denmark. E-mail: tonybrooks@aaue.dk Submitted:September 01, 2005. Revised: September 27, 2005. Accepted: September 28, 2005 INTRODUCTION Acquired brain injury rehabilitation entails a long and enduring process toward training the individual to a realization of potentials to be able to live a life with optimal quality following injury. Training often involves travel to a clinic, which involves certain stressful situations, economic considerations, as well as environmental consequences. The system design targeted private individuals to be motivated to train at home and then utilizing the internet to send their progress information to the clinic therapist for management. Furthermore, support from family members could provide added motivation as all are capable of 'playing' together with the system in the home setting, especially as more acquire a home cinema set up with a large screen TV. The question was asked, however, whether a generic system could be created that would be 'user-friendly' and efficient across age groups, ability groups, and have continued worth over novelty value as is often seen in similar 'tools'. This paper chronicles the first phase of the research, which was established as a feasibility study to ascertain if the target group could benefit from such a product and to receive their input. In so doing, the paper lays out the foundation and philosophies involved. BACKGROUND At the 1997 'Year of the Brain' conference in Aalborg, Denmark, the author presented his 'SoundScapes' body of work (1-2). Prominent figures from two of the leading Centres for Rehabilitation of Brain Injury were in the audience and, understanding the potentials inherent in the concept; they approached the author, which resulted in trial sessions being initiated with physiotherapists and acquired brain injured patients. The sessions from the 1990s led to further collaborations and presentations, including one in which the author won the top European prize at the BAM (Brokerage Applied Multimedia) event hosted by the Eureka organization in Stockholm, Sweden. The presentation was of his evolving research within the field of special needs and his design of the proposed telehealth system product, which is the subject of this paper. Subsequently, in a collaborative effort with the same team from the Centre for Rehabilitation of Brain Injury in Copenhagen, the project covered by this paper was initiated, resulting in a Danish government funding of the study. THE CENTRE FOR REHABILITATION OF BRAIN INJURY (CRBI) The CRBI was established in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1985 for the rehabilitation of acquired brain injury through holistic and individual treatment, with a main focus on return to work and/or improved quality of life. At the time of the study (2004), it was a self-contained entity based at Copenhagen University attached to the psychology and neurology department. In 1993, the CRBI was awarded special institute status and accordingly has evolved to initiate training, research, and education programs. The CRBI is one of the top European centers of excellence in its field, and the team of psychologists, physiotherapists, neurologists, and speech therapists is highly respected. The aim of CRBI is stated as: Integration through 'training and awareness of psychological and physical deficits and strengths' and 'insight and compensation techniques. PROJECT CONCEPT Most people joyously appreciate moving or dancing to music. Creating music and images with body movement

HUMANICS 1. Feasibility study to create a home internet-based telehealth product to supplement acquired brain injury therapy