Tinnitus describes the subjective perception of a sound despite the absence of external stimulation. Being a sensory symptom the majority of studies focusses on the auditory pathway. In the recent years, a series of studies suggested a crucial involvement of the limbic system in the manifestation and development of chronic tinnitus. Regarding cognitive symptoms, several reviews addressed the pr...

The deep learning technique uses speech recognition in many different applications, including voice assistants, authentication, audio transcriptions, etc. Children who are dyslexic, blind persons and those with impairments can all benefit from spoken digit recognition. goal of this paper is to create for the categorization digits 0 9 utilizing Convolution Neural Networks (CNN) Long Short -Term ...

Increasing the use of speech-generating devices (SGDs) would improve the quality of life of children with verbal impairments. In this study, SGDs are used as interfaces to robots to motivate children to increase use of their SGD. In this paper, the development process and user test sessions are described. Possible activities with this system are suggested for future studies.

Autism encompasses a broad range of brain disorders that, by conservative estimates, affects 1 in 500 children. Autism-Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) include Asperger’s Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), Rett Syndrome (which affects only girls) and Autism. Autism Spectrum Disorders impair three main areas of human development: speech, communication and soci...

Word prediction is a method for enhancing the communication ability of persons with speech and language impairments. In this work, we demonstrate that two measurement settings affect evaluation of word prediction systems significantly, and that consideration of these settings is crucial to accurate interpretation of results.

BACKGROUND Restorative Justice is an approach to responding to youth offending that aims to be collaborative and conciliatory rather than adversarial. In this respect, it is a welcome innovation in justice, welfare, and educational settings, and is gaining favour around the world. To date, however, the Restorative Justice literature has not considered the possible implications of unidentified l...

Developmental dyslexia is commonly thought to arise from specific phonological impairments. However, recent evidence is consistent with the possibility that phonological impairments arise as symptoms of an underlying dysfunction of procedural learning. The nature of the link between impaired procedural learning and phonological dysfunction is unresolved. Motivated by the observation that speech...

The use of sign language is an important means communication for individuals with hearing and speech impairments, but barriers can still arise due to differences in grammatical rules across different languages. In effort address these barriers, this study aimed develop a real-time two-way device that uses image processing recognition systems translate two-handed Filipino Sign Language (FSL) ges...