Any disorder that significantly impairs the cognitive function of an individual is a cognitive condition. Conditions such as Alzheimer’s Disease, stroke, Multiple sclerosis, dyslexia, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), can cause cognitive impairment, which can lead to the requirement of assistive technology, which is an outcome of recent digital health innovations. Hence Assistive Technology is widely deployed these days in rehabilitation for these conditions to support those with cognitive impairments having limitations such as decreased concentration, memory loss, word-finding difficulty, decreased organization, or orientation difficulty. Cognitive aids increase the functional independence of those with cognitive impairment supporting them to complete their functional activities in their natural environment. These digital health innovations enhance the ability of the individual to perform more independent functions, thus reducing the caregiver burden. Cognition products also help in reducing the digital lapse for individuals with cognitive impairments, by increasing their adaptation and use of the vast benefits provided by technology.

Cognitive Products 

Referred to as Assistive Technology for Cognition (ATC), cognitive prosthetics and cognitive orthoses, these are different devices that help to enhance cognitive functions based on the needs of those with cognitive impairment, such as: 

• Cueing or Memory Aids: These products provide alternative ways to support individuals with cognitive impairment, enabling them to perform essential tasks such as recalling appointments, information, or steps to accomplish certain activities. These include audio note-takers, and watches vibrating to remind a user about a task, etc.
• Educational Software: Educational Software is used to support those with cognitive impairment that prevents them from accomplishing essential job tasks. These are designed to allow those with cognitive impairment to receive digital information in different formats such as mind mapping, multisensory outputs, and built in dictionaries for definitions.
• Speech Recognition: Speech Recognition software is intended for those with dexterity issues preventing them from performing essential jobs or tasks. It allows an individual to use voice commands rather than a keyboard, mouse, or other input device to access programs, applications and documents on a computer. Voice commands are used to perform the functions of a keyboard or pointing device. This helps those with cognitive impairment to perform the computer use tasks such as browsing, typing, sending emails/ messages, and any other job done, using a computer mouse and keyboard.
• Voice Recorders: Voice Recorders assist those with vision limitations that prevent them from doing essential jobs or tasks. Microphones are used to record audio information and store it in digital formats. The users can then sort audio- files into folders, play- back information, and download the files on a computer.
• Word Prediction Software: Word Prediction and Grammar Software is used to support those with cognitive impairment that prevents them from performing essential jobs or tasks. This device assists those with cognitive impairment by improving grammar, allowing recall of the required words, and structure sentences based on their contextual meaning. 
• Personal Digital Assistant: This task management tool assists in performing everyday tasks. It helps with keeping up appointments, assignments, home chores, and more.
• Attention/Focus aids: Attention/Focus aids are used to support those with cognitive impairment that prevents them from completing essential jobs or tasks. They allow a person to focus solely on sound being produced by a computer, or other device, and by limiting the disruptive background noises in their working environment.
• Alerting/Signalling Devices: These assist individuals with hearing limitations that prevent them from performing essential jobs or functions. These give the person a visual indication that their phone is ringing.
• Computer Headsets: These are intended for those with dexterity issues preventing them from performing essential jobs or tasks. They allow a user to speak to the computer and listen to audio from the computer, as well. These types of software require a headset and microphone to function properly.
• Noise Cancelling Headphones: These are used to support those with cognitive impairment that prevents them from completing essential jobs or tasks. They allow a person to focus solely on sound being produced by a computer, or other device, and by limiting the disruptive background noises in their working environment. They also limit distractions for office colleagues, if the individual’s job is to obtain information through audio output.
• Memory Aids: Memory Aids are used to support those with cognitive impairment that prevents them from completing essential jobs or tasks. These products provide alternative ways to support individuals with cognitive impairment, enabling them to perform essential tasks such as recalling appointments, information, or steps to accomplish certain activities. 
• Organizers: Organizers are used to support those with cognitive impairment that prevents them from completing essential jobs or tasks. Instructional materials on digital organization, software programs that support those with cognitive impairment with memory, organization, and staying on task are used.
• Reading and Writing Aids: Reading and Writing Aids are used to support those with cognitive impairment that prevents them from completing essential jobs or tasks. These assist a user with tasks such as recalling appropriate words, reading text aloud, improving grammar and sentence structure.
• Computer Microphones: These are intended for those with dexterity issues preventing them from performing essential jobs or tasks. They allow a user to speak to the computer and require a microphone to function properly.
• Low Vision Computer Software: Low Vision Computer Software assists individuals with vision limitations that prevent them from doing essential jobs or tasks.  This allows users to enlarge text and graphics on a computer screen. Functioning as a magnifying glass on the computer screen, this software is loaded into the user’s computer. This software has additional capabilities, such as various color contrast modes, text-to-speech, changing the visual display of items on the screen, such as the cursor or insertion points in a document.
• Reading, Writing and Comprehension Tools: These are used to assist individuals who have cognitive limitations that prevent them from accomplishing essential job tasks. They assist the user in writing, reading, and understanding information, by presenting the information in an alternative format.
• Scanners: Scanners assist individuals with vision limitations that prevent them from doing essential jobs or tasks. They allow a user to convert hard copy documents into an electronic format thus allowing individuals to use assistive technology to give them information in an accessible format, so they can perform their essential job functions.
• Visual Comprehension Aids: Visual Comprehension Aids assists individuals with vision limitations that prevent them from doing essential jobs or tasks. They allow individuals to receive digital information in various formats, including mind mapping, multisensory output, and built-in dictionaries for definitions.

Thus, digital health innovations are proving to be highly beneficial to those with cognitive impairment. Healthcare professionals involved in rehabilitation should be familiar with their use and application. This would ensure efficient prescription and use of these devices for those with cognitive impairment who would benefit greatly from their use.