TY - GEN
T1 - Robot-based augmentative and alternative communication for nonverbal children with communication disorders
AU - Jeon, Kyung Hea
AU - Yeon, Seok Jeong
AU - Kim, Young Tae
AU - Song, Seokwoo
AU - Kim, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 by the Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM).
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Nonverbal children with communication disorders have difficulties communicating through oral language. To facilitate communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is commonly used in intervention settingss. Different forms of AAC have been used; however, one key aspect of AAC is that children have different preferences and needs in the intervention process. One particular AAC method does not necessarily work for all children. Although robots have been used in different applications, this is one of the first times that robots have been used for improvement of communication in nonverbal children. In this work, we explore robot-based AAC through humanoid robots that assist therapists in interventions with nonverbal children. Through playing activities, our study assessed changes in gestures, vocalization, speech, and verbal expression in children. Our initial results show that robot-based AAC intervention has a positive impact on the communication skills of nonverbal children.
AB - Nonverbal children with communication disorders have difficulties communicating through oral language. To facilitate communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is commonly used in intervention settingss. Different forms of AAC have been used; however, one key aspect of AAC is that children have different preferences and needs in the intervention process. One particular AAC method does not necessarily work for all children. Although robots have been used in different applications, this is one of the first times that robots have been used for improvement of communication in nonverbal children. In this work, we explore robot-based AAC through humanoid robots that assist therapists in interventions with nonverbal children. Through playing activities, our study assessed changes in gestures, vocalization, speech, and verbal expression in children. Our initial results show that robot-based AAC intervention has a positive impact on the communication skills of nonverbal children.
KW - Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
KW - Communication disorder
KW - Language therapy
KW - Robot
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84908584351&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2632048.2636078
DO - 10.1145/2632048.2636078
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84908584351
T3 - UbiComp 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
SP - 853
EP - 859
BT - UbiComp 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2014
Y2 - 13 September 2014 through 17 September 2014
ER -