An interactive toolset for speech therapy
André Grossinho, Sofia Cavaco, João Magalhães · 2014
This paper proposes a novel approach to include biofeedback in speech and language therapy by providing the patient with a visual self-monitoring of his/her performance combined with a reward mechanism in an entertainment environment. We propose a toolset that includes an in-session interactive environment to be used during the therapy sessions. This insession environment provides instantaneous biofeedback and assists the therapist during the session with rewards for the patient's good performance. It also allows to make audio-visual recordings and annotations of the session for later analysis. The toolset also provides an off-line multimedia application for post-session analysis where the session audio-visual recordings can be examined through browsing, searching, and visualization techniques to plan the future session.