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Title: | Play and Learn with an Intelligent Robot: Enhancing the Therapy of Hearing-Impaired Children | Authors: | Ioannou, Andri Andreva, Anna |
Major Field of Science: | Social Sciences | Field Category: | Educational Sciences | Keywords: | Auditory-Verbal therapy;Deaf;Hearing impairment;Humanoid robot;Intelligent robot;NAO;Playful learning;Special education;Speech therapy;Technology-enhanced learning | Issue Date: | Sep-2019 | Source: | 17th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2019, 2-6 September, Paphos, Cyprus | Conference: | International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction | Abstract: | This study suggests an innovative way of using an intelligent robot to support speech therapy for hearing impaired children through play. Although medical technology (e.g., hearing aid, cochlear implant) for children with hearing impairment has advanced significantly, the amplification itself does not provide optimal development of hearing and speaking; it must be combined with specialized therapy. The present study focuses on the use of the humanoid robot NAO in auditory-verbal therapy, an approach to the development of auditory and verbal skills, which does not allow lipreading or other non-verbal cues to facilitate communication. NAO does not have a human mouth and therefore children with hearing impairment cannot do lipreading; this unique characteristic of the technology has been successfully used in the study to create playful and engaging auditory-verbal therapy sessions for six kindergarten hearing impaired children, allowing them to improve their ability to follow instructions using the hearing aid/cochlear implant rather than visual clues in the environment. Our results, although preliminary, seem to encourage further research in supporting hearing-impaired children via play with intelligent robots. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/19076 | ISBN: | 978-303029389-5 | DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-29384-0_27 | Rights: | © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing | Type: | Conference Papers | Affiliation : | Cyprus University of Technology Research Center on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies South-West University “Neofit Rilski” |
Publication Type: | Peer Reviewed |
Appears in Collections: | Δημοσιεύσεις σε συνέδρια /Conference papers or poster or presentation |
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