Design and Implementation of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication System Based on MATLAB GUI

Autor: Boyu Si, Jingwen Wang, Zihe Wang
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2113:012032
ISSN: 1742-6596
1742-6588
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2113/1/012032
Popis: In clinical practice, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is an effective training tool to improve the communication skills of individuals with language impairment, hearing impairment, and autism. However, there are few studies on the development of augmentative communication systems based on Mandarin Chinese in China. This study presents an augmentative communication system developed using the MATLAB GUI platform. The system consists of two parts: a learning part and a communication part, where the learning part provides the basis of the vocabulary content for the system, covering 5558 words, and its content is mainly a word list designed based on the content of special school language textbooks. The communication part provides the system with a complete discourse training content, mainly by arranging and combining the vocabulary content of the learning part to form a complete discourse. This aided communication system can expand the vocabulary of people with language expression disorders and improve their social communication skills. In addition, the effectiveness of the system was tested in a single-subject experiment, and the results showed that the augmentative communication system is effective in learning pronunciation, expanding vocabulary, and improving the social communication.
Databáze: OpenAIRE