Virtual clinicians for the treatment of aphasia and speech disorders

G Teodoro, N Martin, E Keshner, JY Shi… - … Conference on Virtual …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that affects the ability to speak and
understand spoken language. The purpose of this project is to create a virtual clinician to …

Integrating face-to-face language therapy with virtual reality applications for persons with aphasia

J Stark, C Pons, C Dániel - 2013 International Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Under optimal conditions, providing language therapy to persons with aphasia (PWA) is an
intensive and dynamic process which results in improved verbal communication and greater …

Engagement with a virtual clinician encourages gesture usage in speakers with aphasia

S Snell, N Martin, EA Keshner - 2017 International Conference …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that affects the ability to speak and
understand spoken language. The use of gestures during speech is an important nonverbal …

Clinical research on therapeutic effect of virtual reality technology on Broca Aphasia patients

Y Zhang, P Chen, X Li, G Wan, C Xie… - 2017 2nd International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of virtual reality technology on speech function of
Broca Aphasia patients after stroke. Method: Eighteen patients with stroke were enrolled in …

Language therapy of aphasia supported by augmented reality applications

D Antkowiak, C Kohlschein, R Krooß… - 2016 IEEE 18th …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In Europe there are more than 580 000 people who suffer from aphasia-an acquired speech
and language disorder that occurs because of brain damage, primarily as a result of a …

Smart phone based assistive speech therapeutic system for Aphasia

CL Shih, KS Cheng, JL Wang… - 2013 IEEE Third …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aphasia, this is a mostly common disease in stroke survivors. It can impair the person's
ability in listening, speaking, reading and writing, but not the intelligence. Aphasic patient …

A virtual therapist for speech and language therapy

S Van Vuuren, LR Cherney - … Conference, IVA 2014, Boston, MA, USA …, 2014 - Springer
A virtual therapist (VT) capable of modeling visible speech and directing speech and
language therapy is presented. Three perspectives of practical and clinical use are …

Digital speech therapy for the aphasia patients: challenges, opportunities and solutions

OA Egaji, I Asghar, M Griffiths, W Warren - Proceedings of the 9th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
This paper outlines the potential challenges of adopting digital solutions for treating patients
with aphasia. Current research has focused on the use of non-immersive Virtual Reality (VR) …

[PDF][PDF] An on-line system for remote treatment of aphasia

A Pompili, A Abad, I Trancoso, J Fonseca… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - aclanthology.org
Aphasia treatment for the recovery of lost communication functionalities is possible through
frequent and intense speech therapy sessions. In this sense, speech and language …

An interactive speech training system with virtual reality articulation for Mandarin-speaking hearing impaired children

X Liu, N Yan, L Wang, X Wu… - 2013 IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The present project involved the development of a novel interactive speech training system
based on virtual reality articulation and examination of the efficacy of the system for hearing …