Through this paper, we present the Mobile Phone Assisted Remote Speech Therapy Platform for indiv... more Through this paper, we present the Mobile Phone Assisted Remote Speech Therapy Platform for individuals with speech disabilities to avail the benefits of therapy remotely with minimal face-to-face sessions with the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP). The objetive is to address the skewed ratio of SLP to patients as well increase the efficacy of the therapy by keeping the patient engaged more frequently albeit asynchronously and remotely. The platform comprises (1) A web-interface to be used by the SLP to monitor the progress of their patients at a time convenient to them and (2) A mobile application along with speech processing algorithms to provide instant feedback to the patient. We envision this platform to cut down the therapy time, especially for rural Indian patients. Evaluation of this platform is being done for five patients with mis-articulation in Marathi language.
International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 2018
Parkinson Disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder exhibiting 36% of hypokinetic dysar... more Parkinson Disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder exhibiting 36% of hypokinetic dysarthria affecting motor speech coordination among people throughout the world. A gamut of speech and non-speech problems due to Parkinson"s disease can have an impact on the functions of everyday life also affecting participation in life situations. However, standardized tests are unable to fully reflect individuals functioning in everyday life. The present study aims at utilizing the ICF framework for the assessment of speech and non-speech characteristics in individuals with Parkinson"s disease within age range of 50-70 years using an ICF framed questionnaire. The results were suggestive of a significant differences in terms of respiration, articulation and speech intelligibility, phonation and prosodic problems as observed in both the groups i.e. Group I (mild-moderate category) and Group II (severe category). In all 3 domains of Body function, 6 domains of Activity and Participation and single domain under Environmental Functions, a significant difference within Group II having higher scores suggesting individuals in severe group face more difficulties in day to day life as compared individuals in mild-moderate group i.e. Group I. The nature of impact which these speech problems may have on activity and participation as well as other domains is not assessed, highlighted and focused upon which also has an impact on the quality of life of these individuals. Hence the need of the hour is thus to use the ICF framework for assessing of input of speech and non-speech characteristics in individual with Parkinson disease.
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health
Background: The study was aimed at investigating the knowledge of awareness of hearing health, ri... more Background: The study was aimed at investigating the knowledge of awareness of hearing health, risk factors causing hearing loss and preventive measures for hearing disability at natal stages and awareness regarding the intervention among the pregnant women and mothers of newborn in urban area i.e. in Bhubaneswar.Methods: 53 pregnant women and 103 mothers of newborn had participated in the present study and were agreed to provide their awareness regarding the questionnaire related to selected parameters their responses were scored and documented for the statistics.Results: Results indicates that mothers were more aware of the selected parameters like risk factors during natal stages, intervention as compared to pregnant women. Mothers (66.01%) and pregnant women (56.22%) were more aware of prenatal risk factors as compared to peri and postnatal. Almost 60% of total participants were aware of hearing health and intervention for hearing loss. Two-way ANOVA was computed. p<0.0001, i...
Through this paper, we present the Mobile Phone Assisted Remote Speech Therapy Platform for indiv... more Through this paper, we present the Mobile Phone Assisted Remote Speech Therapy Platform for individuals with speech disabilities to avail the benefits of therapy remotely with minimal face-to-face sessions with the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP). The objetive is to address the skewed ratio of SLP to patients as well increase the efficacy of the therapy by keeping the patient engaged more frequently albeit asynchronously and remotely. The platform comprises (1) A web-interface to be used by the SLP to monitor the progress of their patients at a time convenient to them and (2) A mobile application along with speech processing algorithms to provide instant feedback to the patient. We envision this platform to cut down the therapy time, especially for rural Indian patients. Evaluation of this platform is being done for five patients with mis-articulation in Marathi language.
International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 2018
Parkinson Disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder exhibiting 36% of hypokinetic dysar... more Parkinson Disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder exhibiting 36% of hypokinetic dysarthria affecting motor speech coordination among people throughout the world. A gamut of speech and non-speech problems due to Parkinson&quot;s disease can have an impact on the functions of everyday life also affecting participation in life situations. However, standardized tests are unable to fully reflect individuals functioning in everyday life. The present study aims at utilizing the ICF framework for the assessment of speech and non-speech characteristics in individuals with Parkinson&quot;s disease within age range of 50-70 years using an ICF framed questionnaire. The results were suggestive of a significant differences in terms of respiration, articulation and speech intelligibility, phonation and prosodic problems as observed in both the groups i.e. Group I (mild-moderate category) and Group II (severe category). In all 3 domains of Body function, 6 domains of Activity and Participation and single domain under Environmental Functions, a significant difference within Group II having higher scores suggesting individuals in severe group face more difficulties in day to day life as compared individuals in mild-moderate group i.e. Group I. The nature of impact which these speech problems may have on activity and participation as well as other domains is not assessed, highlighted and focused upon which also has an impact on the quality of life of these individuals. Hence the need of the hour is thus to use the ICF framework for assessing of input of speech and non-speech characteristics in individual with Parkinson disease.
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health
Background: The study was aimed at investigating the knowledge of awareness of hearing health, ri... more Background: The study was aimed at investigating the knowledge of awareness of hearing health, risk factors causing hearing loss and preventive measures for hearing disability at natal stages and awareness regarding the intervention among the pregnant women and mothers of newborn in urban area i.e. in Bhubaneswar.Methods: 53 pregnant women and 103 mothers of newborn had participated in the present study and were agreed to provide their awareness regarding the questionnaire related to selected parameters their responses were scored and documented for the statistics.Results: Results indicates that mothers were more aware of the selected parameters like risk factors during natal stages, intervention as compared to pregnant women. Mothers (66.01%) and pregnant women (56.22%) were more aware of prenatal risk factors as compared to peri and postnatal. Almost 60% of total participants were aware of hearing health and intervention for hearing loss. Two-way ANOVA was computed. p<0.0001, i...
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