ICTs in Speech and Language Therapy

نویسندگان

  • Athanasios Drigas
  • Alexia Petrova
چکیده

Over the past decade speech and language therapy has taken an interesting turn towards the use of information communication technologies (ICTs) for diagnosis of disorders and delivery of therapy. In many cases ICTs have worked as assistive tools to therapists, while in others as sole providers of therapy, especially in remote areas. In this report we provide a brief overview of the most representative articles for applications and assistive technologies used for assessment and intervention purposes in Speech Therapy according to the type of disorders.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • iJEP

دوره 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014