A serious game for speech disorder children therapy

Author

Cagatay, Mehmet ; Ege, Pinar ; Tokdemir, Gul ; Cagiltay, Nergiz Ercil

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng. Dept., Atilim Univ., Ankara, Turkey

fYear

2012

fDate

19-22 April 2012

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

23

Abstract

Today meaning of games is much more serious than just considering them as an entertainment and free-time activity. Games have begun to be used in many different areas such as education, healthcare, military, corporate management and public policy for different purposes. Several benefits of serious games have been reported in the literature. Studies also show that with a combination of entertainment and education (edutainment) several benefits could be achieved in the rehabilitation process of the disordered individuals. This study reports the advantages of 3D game environments for speech and language therapy of children and benefits of making the treatment process accessible from anywhere and anytime are demonstrated.

Keywords

computer games; medical computing; patient treatment; 3D game environment; corporate management; education; edutainment; entertainment; healthcare; language therapy; military; public policy; rehabilitation process; serious game; speech disorder children therapy; speech therapy; treatment process; Computers; Education; Games; Medical treatment; Speech; Three dimensional displays; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Health Informatics and Bioinformatics (HIBIT), 2012 7th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Nevsehir

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0879-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HIBIT.2012.6209036

Filename

6209036