Communication aids for people with aphasia

Communication aids for people with aphasia.

LPV FORUM Communication aids for people with aphasia

In principle, aphasia is a disability to use language. No wonder therefore, that most aphasiologists both in research and in therapy tend to focus mainly on linguistic function. The most prominent symptom of aphasia usually is a deficiency of speech, and many laymen believe that speech exercises should be the therapy of choice, which is not always correct. However, to those suffering from aphas...

A computerised communication aid for people with aphasia.

PURPOSE To develop a portable computerised communication aid for aphasic people to support communication in everyday life. METHOD A multidisciplinary team of aphasiologists, augmentative and alternative communication specialists, speech and language therapists and technicians developed a portable, modular system, PCAD (portable communication assistant for people with dysphasia), running on a ...

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Remote Conversation Support for People with Aphasia

This paper proposes a remote conversation support system for people with aphasia. The aim of our system is to improve the quality of lives (QoL) of people suffering cognitive disabilities. In this framework, a topic list is used as a conversation assistant in addition to the video phone. The important feature is sharing the focus of attention on the topic list between a patient and the communic...