• DocumentCode
    2764228
  • Title

    Different approach to virtual worlds: Used as a strategy to complement the therapies of dyslalia

  • Author

    Rivas, Erika Quintero ; Molina, Eduardo Santiago

  • Author_Institution
    Centro de Investig., Desarrollo e Innovacion en Tecnol. de la Informacion y las Comun., Univ. Tecnol. de Panama, Panama City, Panama
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    1-5 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    Access and use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provides an opportunity for people with or without disability to communicate and interact. Virtual worlds may also be a means of empowerment for develop some skills and overcome some difficulties. This paper presents a design project where the goal was to develop a virtual world for supporting interaction of children with dyslalia. Dyslalia is pronunciation disorders and the most common problems in children. The main idea is to studying advantages of virtual worlds and how approaches it to additional resource in therapy of children with dyslalia. Over the years has been notorious acceptance that virtual worlds have had from users, reason why this work seeks to design and develop a prototype of virtual world according to the needs involved in dyslalia therapies.
  • Keywords
    handicapped aids; patient treatment; virtual reality; ICT; children therapy; different approach; dyslalia therapies; information and communications technology; pronunciation disorders; virtual worlds; Abstracts; Avatars; Medical treatment; Multimedia communication; Software; Streaming media; Visualization; Dyslalia; phonemes; symphons; virtual world;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computing Congress (CCC), 2012 7th Colombian
  • Conference_Location
    Medellin
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1475-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ColombianCC.2012.6398016
  • Filename
    6398016