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Nowadays the World Health Organization (WHO) claims that one billion persons live in the world with some form of disability. From this group, an important number of children with disabilities and communication disorders do not have access to adequate services for special education or health care. In this point, it is important to mention that language and communication are mainstays in the development...
Nowadays there are no precise estimates about the number of persons (especially children) living with disabilities and communication disorders in the world. This situation becomes more complex in developing countries, where the World Health Organization (WHO) claims that only between 5 and 15% of children and adults with disabilities have the opportunity to access to assistive technologies. In the...
Currently, the robotic assistants, as well as the intelligent ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) tools, play an important role in different stages of evaluation, therapy, or education of People With Communication Disorders (PWCD). However, not all of these tools can easily incorporate new functionalities, exercises, or activities for therapy sessions. Likewise, in developing countries,...
Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) is an area focused in the rehabilitation of people suffering from different kinds of disorders and disabilities related with language and communication. According to latest estimates of theWorld Health Organization, the most of countries do not have appropriate structures to provide healthcare and rehabilitation services these persons. On those grounds, this paper...
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