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Background: Eye gaze devices can be a crucial tool for communication for individuals with severe motor disabilities as they only depend on the user’s eye movements to select a symbol, picture, word, or message. The implementation is complicated with success depending on many different factors.

Purpose: This thesis aims to summarize factors that facilitate successful implementations of eye gaze devices.

Method: To answer this question, a scoping review and a case description were conducted. The scoping review includes thirteen articles that discuss facilitating factors. The case description was conducted by interviewing the mother and teacher to a child that uses an eye gaze device for communication. The results were analyzed using the CFIR framework.

Results: Thirty-one themes that facilitate implementations could be identified in the review. Cooperation and collaboration among all people that are involved seems to be a clear facilitator. Further, everyone involved needs sufficient knowledge of eye gaze devices. Education and collegial learning are therefore considered important factors. In addition, the computer must be functional, easy to use, adaptable and durable. The implementation process must be well planned with clear goals and sufficient resources. The user of the device should be involved in the process and be motivated to use the computer. The findings from the case description were very similar to the findings of the review but emphasized the individuals involved in the implementation more than the review.

Conclusion: Eye gaze devices are an effective tool for communication for a wide range of users. Certain factors facilitate the often complicated implementation process. The main factors are support, collaborations, follow-up services, knowledge and skills, and engaging participants. Further research which focuses on the topic should be conducted as research is sparse. Possible directions could be to focus on barrier, on the larger context surrounding the implementation or on strategies to use facilitators in the planning of implementations.