ICTs in Speech and Language Therapy

Over the past decade speech and language therapy has taken an interesting turn towards the use of information communication technologies (ICTs) for diagnosis of disorders and delivery of therapy. In many cases ICTs have worked as assistive tools to therapists, while in others as sole providers of therapy, especially in remote areas. In this report we provide a brief overview of the most representative articles for applications and assistive technologies used for assessment and intervention purposes in Speech Therapy according to the type of disorders.

[1]  Sarel van Vuuren,et al.  A virtual speech therapist for individuals with parkinson's disease , 2006 .

[2]  David House,et al.  Presentation of a new EU project for speech therapy: OLP (Ortho-Logo-Paedia) , 2007 .

[3]  Atiwong Suchato,et al.  Thai Language E-Training For The Hard Of Hearing , 2006 .

[4]  Norman Alm,et al.  Designing a multimedia conversation aid for reminiscence therapy in dementia care environments , 2004, CHI EA '04.

[5]  Jenny Pange,et al.  An Online Expert System for Diagnostic Assessment Procedures on Young Children's Oral Speech and Language , 2012, DSAI.

[6]  Panagiotis D. Bamidis,et al.  Using affective avatars and rich multimedia content for education of children with autism , 2009, PETRA '09.

[7]  M. Clowes.  Talking to Machines , 1972, Nature.

[8]  J. Martens,et al.  Speech technology-based assessment of phoneme intelligibility in dysarthria. , 2009, International journal of language & communication disorders.

[9]  D. Brennan,et al.  Telerehabilitation Tools for the Provision of Remote Speech-Language Treatment , 2002, Topics in stroke rehabilitation.

[10]  Azam Bastanfard,et al.  A Novel Multimedia Educational Speech Therapy System for Hearing Impaired Children , 2010, PCM.

[11]  Toni Rietveld,et al.  Potentials of Telehealth Devices for Speech Therapy in Parkinson's Disease , 2011 .

[12]  Phil D. Green,et al.  An integrated toolkit deploying speech technology for computer based speech training with application to dysarthric speakers , 2003, INTERSPEECH.

[13]  P. Green,et al.  STARDUST – Speech Training And Recognition for Dysarthric Users of Assistive Technology , 2003 .

[14]  D. Thalmann,et al.  Learning Activity System Design for Autistic Children Using Virtual Pink Dolphins , 2013 .

[15]  Marilyn Tremaine,et al.  Participatory design with proxies: developing a desktop-PDA system to support people with aphasia , 2006, CHI.

[16]  Panagiotis Chytas,et al.  Next generation of methods and tools for team work based care in speech and language therapy , 2005, Telematics Informatics.

[17]  Oscar Saz-Torralba,et al.  COMUNICA - tools for speech and language therapy , 2008, WOCCI.

[18]  Ángel García-Crespo,et al.  MAS: learning support software platform for people with disabilities , 2009, MSIADU '09.

[19]  Maysam Ghovanloo,et al.  Towards a magnetic localization system for 3-D tracking of tongue movements in speech-language therapy , 2009, 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

[20]  Annie J. Hill,et al.  The effects of aphasia severity on the ability to assess language disorders via telerehabilitation , 2009 .

[21]  Pam Enderby,et al.  Superhighway to promoting a client‐therapist partnership? Using the Internet to deliver word‐retrieval computer therapy, monitored remotely with minimal speech and language therapy input , 2004 .

[22]  Pauline A. Mashima.  The Use of Video-Teleconferencing to Deliver Voice Therapy At-A-Distance , 2011 .

[23]  P. Enderby,et al.  Talk about IT: Views of people with aphasia and their partners on receiving remotely monitored computer‐based word finding therapy , 2003 .

[24]  David Calder.  SpeechKit: a multimedia speech tool , 2008, iiWAS.

[25]  Panagiotis Chytas,et al.  Technology assisted speech and language therapy , 2004, Int. J. Medical Informatics.

[26]  Elizabeth Rochon,et al.  Errorless learning of computer-generated words in a patient with semantic dementia , 2010, Neuropsychological rehabilitation.

[27]  A. Raymer,et al.  Computerised training for impairments of word comprehension and retrieval in aphasia , 2006 .

[29]  Anne Marie Piper,et al.  Introducing multimodal paper-digital interfaces for speech-language therapy , 2010, ASSETS '10.

[30]  Adelyn Brecher,et al.  Computer-assisted treatment of word retrieval deficits in aphasia , 2005 .

[31]  Doru Vlad Popovici,et al.  Professional challenges in computer-assisted speech therapy , 2012 .

[32]  Richard Cox.  Technology‐enhanced research: educational ICT systems as research instruments , 2007 .

[33]  Perry R. Cook,et al.  W2ANE: when words are not enough: online multimedia language assistant for people with aphasia , 2009, ACM Multimedia.

[34]  Elizabeth Rochon,et al.  Relearning lost vocabulary in nonfluent progressive aphasia with MossTalk Words® , 2009 .

[35]  Stefan Gheorghe Pentiuc,et al.  Advanced Technology in Speech Disorder Therapy of Romanian Language , 2009, ArXiv.

[36]  Stefan Gheorghe Pentiuc,et al.  Improving Computer Based Speech Therapy Using a Fuzzy Expert System , 2010, Comput. Informatics.

[37]  Pedro Gómez-Vilda,et al.  An integrated tool for the diagnosis of voice disorders , 2006 .

[38]  Panagiotis D. Bamidis,et al.  Affective computer-aided learning for autistic children , 2008, WOCCI.

[39]  Ellen Yi-Luen Do,et al.  Facial expression wonderland (FEW): a novel design prototype of information and computer technology (ICT) for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) , 2010, IHI.

[40]  Leora R. Cherney,et al.  Conversational script performance in adults with non‐fluent aphasia: Treatment intensity and aphasia severity , 2009 .

[41]  Hugo Silva,et al.  TROCAS: Communication Skills Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders via ICT , 2011, INTERACT.

[42]  E. Toki,et al.  E-learning activities for articulation in speech language therapy and learning for preschool children , 2010 .

[43]  V. K. Chew.  Talking machines , 1967 .

[44]  Ian H. Robertson,et al.  The use of telephone speech recordings for assessment and monitoring of cognitive function in elderly people , 2009, INTERSPEECH.