Simmons Elizabeth Schoen, Paul Rhea, Shic Frederick
Child Study Center, Yale University, 40 Temple Street, Suite 7D, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Jan;46(1):320-327. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2573-8.
This study examined the acceptability of a mobile application, SpeechPrompts, designed to treat prosodic disorders in children with ASD and other communication impairments. Ten speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in public schools and 40 of their students, 5-19 years with prosody deficits participated. Students received treatment with the software over eight weeks. Pre- and post-treatment speech samples and student engagement data were collected. Feedback on the utility of the software was also obtained. SLPs implemented the software with their students in an authentic education setting. Student engagement ratings indicated students' attention to the software was maintained during treatment. Although more testing is warranted, post-treatment prosody ratings suggest that SpeechPrompts has potential to be a useful tool in the treatment of prosodic disorders.
本研究考察了一款旨在治疗患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）及其他沟通障碍儿童韵律障碍的移动应用程序SpeechPrompts的可接受性。公立学校的10名言语语言病理学家（SLP）及其40名5至19岁有韵律缺陷的学生参与了研究。学生们使用该软件接受了为期八周的治疗。收集了治疗前后的语音样本和学生参与度数据。还获得了关于该软件实用性的反馈。言语语言病理学家在真实的教育环境中与学生一起使用该软件。学生参与度评分表明，在治疗期间学生对该软件的注意力得以保持。尽管还需要进行更多测试，但治疗后的韵律评分表明，SpeechPrompts有潜力成为治疗韵律障碍的有用工具。
