Conditioned Play Audiometry: Keeping the Play in CPA!

The new age of play audiometry: prospective validation testing of an iPad-based play audiometer

OBJECTIVE The timely diagnosis of hearing loss in the pediatric population has significant implications for a child's development. However, audiological evaluation in this population poses unique challenges due to difficulties with patient cooperation. Though specialized adaptations exist (such as conditioned play audiometry), these methods can be time consuming and costly. The objective of thi...

Play the Language: Play Coreference

We propose the PlayCoref game, whose purpose is to obtain substantial amount of text data with the coreference annotation. We provide a description of the game design that covers the strategy, the instructions for the players, the input texts selection and preparation, and the score evaluation.

Computers Play Chess, Computers Play Go...Humans Play Dungeons & Dragons

Why Play? Examining the Roles of Play in ICTD

The role of technology in socio-economic development is at the heart of ICTD (ICTs for development). Yet, as with much Human Centered technology research, playful interactions with technology are predominantly framed around their instrumental roles, such as education, rather than their intrinsic value. This obscures playful activities and undermines play as a basic freedom. Within ICTD an appar...

To play or not to play.