RAMSES : a robotic assistant and a mobile support environment for speech and language therapy

Author

Robles-Bykbaev, Vladimir E. ; Lopez-Nores, Martin ; Pazos-Arias, Jose Juan ; Garcia-Duque, Jorge

Author_Institution

GI-IATa, Univ. Politec. Salesiana, Cuenca, Ecuador

fYear

2015

fDate

20-22 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) is an area focused in the rehabilitation of people suffering from different kinds of disorders and disabilities related with language and communication. According to latest estimates of theWorld Health Organization, the most of countries do not have appropriate structures to provide healthcare and rehabilitation services these persons. On those grounds, this paper presents a robotic assistant with the aim to help Speech and Language Pathologists (SLP) during the therapy activities. This approach is based on an integrative environment that relies on mobile ICT tools, an expert system, a knowledge layer and standardized vocabularies. This proposal has been tested on 65 children suffering from different kinds of disabilities, and the achieved results are encouraging.

Keywords

handicapped aids; medical robotics; mobile computing; patient treatment; speech processing; RAMSES; SLP; SLT; World Health Organization; language therapy; mobile ICT tools; mobile support environment; patient rehabilitation; patient therapy; robotic assistant; speech and language pathologists; speech therapy; Auditory system; Mobile communication; Pediatrics; Robots; Speech;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH), 2015 Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Galcia

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTECH.2015.7173473

Filename

7173473