Online decision support for speech & language pathology assessment and rehabilitation of individuals with multiple needs

Abstract

Individuals with complex communication problems have multiple needs that frequently cannot be met by speech and language clinicians, but they may require the intervention and consultation of highly specialized professionals. The challenge to provide advance support and consultation to clinicians for such cases has led to the design and development of intelligent decision support tools. This work presents an online decision support system consisting of interactive modules used to perform advanced tasks for speech and language pathology assessment and differential diagnosis, which is also able to provide support for the rehabilitation of individuals. An example case is included.