Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH), 2015 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Galcia
DOI :
10.1109/INTECH.2015.7173473
