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An educative environment based on ontologies and e-learning for training on design of speech-language therapy plans for children with disabilities and communication disorders

  • Fanny Chuchuca-Mendez
  • , Vladimir Robles-Bykbaev
  • , Pablo Vanegas-Peralta
  • , Juan Lucero-Saldana
  • , Martin Lopez-Nores
  • , Jose Pazos-Arias

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Abstract

Nowadays several developing countries must to face several problems related with the lack of personnel, resources or adequate health-care structures to attend children with disabilities and communication disorders. Some studies of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other organizations point that in some countries of Africa exists one Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) per each 2 to 4 million people, whereas in developed countries like United States or Australia the ratio is much higher: One SLP per each 2500 to 4700 people. For these reasons, in this paper we propose an intelligent educative environment aimed to support the training and development of practice skills of the future SLPs. Our proposal relies on ontologies and several e-learning modules and at the moment is able to support the learning process of designing therapy plans. Currently, the ontology that we have designed contains more than 1,005 instances and two tests to evaluate the articulation, and hearing skills on children.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCACIDI 2016 - Congreso Aergentino de Ciencias de la Informatica y Desarrollos de Investigacion
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509029372
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Dec 2016
Event2016 Congreso Aergentino de Ciencias de la Informatica y Desarrollos de Investigacion, CACIDI 2016 - Argentine Congress of Computer Science and Research Developments, IEEE CACIDI 2016 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Duration: 30 Nov 20162 Dec 2016

Publication series

NameCACIDI 2016 - Congreso Aergentino de Ciencias de la Informatica y Desarrollos de Investigacion

Conference

Conference2016 Congreso Aergentino de Ciencias de la Informatica y Desarrollos de Investigacion, CACIDI 2016 - Argentine Congress of Computer Science and Research Developments, IEEE CACIDI 2016
Country/TerritoryArgentina
CityBuenos Aires
Period30/11/162/12/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

  • communication disorders
  • e-learning
  • ontologies
  • Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Speech-Language Therapy

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