Robot-based augmentative and alternative communication for nonverbal children with communication disorders

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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.
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Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Issue Date
2014-09
Language
English
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2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2014, pp.853 - 859

DOI
10.1145/2632048.2636078
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/198461
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EE-Conference Papers(학술회의논문)
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