E-speech therapist

The subject of this project is the development of a new system in the medical field based on the internet technology. The system is intended for habilitation and rehabilitation of verbal communication in children with speech-language disorders by application of existing as well as new approaches in speech therapy. Distant and interactive audiovisual communication via the internet, on the relation patient – speech therapist, is new in habilitation/rehabilitation treatments, which should enable their advancement both on the individual and global level. This is primarily related to significant material savings, by raising the level of treatment efficacy and achieving a higher level of health protection of the society as a whole. This kind of new and contemporary approach in the development of E-speech therapist system requires a number of research activities which should optimize system’s functionality. Audiovisual communication at a distance is a new way of communication patient-speech therapist and the topic of initial researches is the influence of technical characteristics of the internet channels on this kind of communication from the aspect of treatment efficacy in children of different ages. Other researches are related to production and perception of persons with verbal communication disorder, which are supposed to provide elements for expert (software) solutions in the assessment of the quality of verbal communication.