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• A Longitudinal Evaluation of Tablet-Based Child Speech Therapy with Apraxia World

  Adam Hair, Kirrie J. Ballard, Constantina Markoulli, Penelope Monroe, Jacqueline McKechnie, Beena Ahmed, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna · 2021 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper presents Apraxia World, a tablet-based speech therapy game designed for long-term home practice by children with speech sound disorders (SSDs), particularly childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Unlike many therapy games that use simple arcade mechanics and quickly…

  speech therapy · childhood apraxia of speech · speech sound disorders · serious games · games for health

• Contextual Adaptive Communication Aid: Supporting Individuals with Neurological Disease in Communication

  Lula Albar · 2020 · Proceedings of the 17th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This doctoral consortium paper proposes a context-aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system designed to support people with communication impairments (CI) caused by neurological disease or acquired brain injury, such as aphasia and dysarthria. The research is…

  AAC · communication impairment · aphasia · context-aware computing · co-design

• Development of a Remote Therapy Tool for Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  Avinash Parnandi, Virendra Karappa, Tian Lan, Mostafa Shahin, Jacqueline McKechnie, Kirrie Ballard, Beena Ahmed, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna · 2015 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)

  This paper presents a multitier client-server system for remote administration of speech therapy to children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a motor speech disorder where the brain has difficulty coordinating the movements needed for speech production. CAS requires…

  speech disorder · speech therapy · childhood apraxia of speech · remote therapy · mobile health

• SpeechOmeter: Heads-up Monitoring to Improve Speech Clarity

  Mansoor Pervaiz, Rupal Patel · 2014 · Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility (ASSETS '14)

  This demonstration paper presents SpeechOmeter, a Google Glass application that provides real-time visual biofeedback on vocal loudness to help individuals with neuromotor speech disorders (dysarthria) speak more clearly during daily conversation. Dysarthria accompanies…

  speech disorders · dysarthria · speech therapy · wearable technology · biofeedback

• Architecture of an Automated Therapy Tool for Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  Avinash Parnandi, Virendra Karappa, Youngpyo Son, Mostafa Shahin, Jacqueline McKechnie, Kirrie Ballard, Beena Ahmed, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna · 2013 · Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper presents a multi-tier client-server system for remotely administering speech therapy to children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a neurological speech sound disorder that impairs the precision and consistency of oro-motor planning and execution needed for…

  childhood apraxia of speech · speech therapy · speech sound disorder · automated speech analysis · tele-rehabilitation

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