Computer-supported individualised therapy of non-fluent speech

• Autorzy: Dzieńkowski M. , Kuniszyk-Jóźkowiak W. , Smołka E. , Suszyński W.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The therapy of stuttering people is a time-consuming and long-Iasting process which requires a great effort both from the logopaedist and patient. The process can be divided into three parts: recording of patient's utterances (reading, telling, conversation), 20-minute corrective exercises with the echo (reading, tell ing) and individual work of the stuttering person with difficult words. All of these tasks may be performed with the use of a computer, controlled by a special program elaborated for that purpose. The computer system for the logopaedic diagnosis and therapy (DTL) allows for recording and saving utterances as sound files, practice with acoustical or visual echo and performance of automatically generated tasks adjusted to individual difficulties of particular speakers. Examples of analyses performed at various periods of therapy, i.e. at the beginning, during and after the therapy, supply information conceming e.g. the stuttering intensity and types of the occurring errors. The results presented in this work concern the control recordings performed at 1-1.5-month periods of time for twelve patients.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

computer therapy; diagnosis; nonfluency; stuttering; speech

PL

terapia komputerowa; diagnoza; jąkanie się; mowa

• Wydawca: Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences ; Elsevier
• Czasopismo: Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: Vol. 26, no. 4
• Strony: 71--77
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 13 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Dzieńkowski M.

autor

Kuniszyk-Jóźkowiak W.

autor

Smołka E.

autor

Suszyński W.

• Department of Informatics System, Management Department, Technical University of Lublin, ul. Nadbystrzycka 38, 20-618 Lublin, Poland,

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