Improvement of Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder using Human Robot Interaction

Farhan, SK Adif; Khan, Md. Nasfikur R.; Swaron, Mostafizur Rahman; Shukhon, Ramendra Narayan Saha; Islam, M.R.; Razzak, Md. Abdur

doi:10.1109/aiiot52608.2021.9454193

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“…More recently, Farhan et al [ 31 ] illustrated how the use of the NAO robots improves the verbal and nonverbal communication of children with autism. In this research, four children from Welfare of Autistic Children (SWAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh) participated, and four sessions were held.…”

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An AI-Enabled Internet of Things Based Autism Care System for Improving Cognitive Ability of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Hameed¹,

Hassaballah

Hosney³

et al. 2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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Smart monitoring and assisted living systems for cognitive health assessment play a central role in assessment of individuals’ health conditions. Autistic children suffer from some difficulties including social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication, and accommodating to the environment around them. Thus, dealing with autistic children is a serious public health problem as it is hard to determine what they feel with a lack of emotional cognitive ability. Currently, no medical treatments have been shown to cure autistic children, with most of the social assistive research to date focusing on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) without suggesting a real treatment. In this paper, we focus on improving cognitive ability and daily living skills and maximizing the ability of the autistic child to function and participate positively in the community. Through utilizing intelligent systems based Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, we facilitate the process of adaptation to the world around the autistic children. To this end, we propose an AI-enabled IoT system embodied in a sensor for measuring the heart rate to predict the state of the child and then sending the state to the guardian with feeling and expected behavior of the child via a mobile application. Further, the system can provide a new virtual environment to help the child to be capable of improving eye contact with other people. This way is represented in pictures of these persons in 3D models that break this child’s fear barrier. The system follows strategies that have focused on social communication skill development particularly at young ages to be more interactive with others.

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An AI-Enabled Internet of Things Based Autism Care System for Improving Cognitive Ability of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Hameed¹,

Hassaballah

Hosney³

et al. 2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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“…The presence of a robot would also favor the verbal and non-verbal communication abilities of children with ASD [19,49]. Studies show a notable increase in speech production in the presence of a PLEO robot partner compared with a human partner [44], and more so with an AIBO dog robot than with a simple mechanical dog toy [48].…”

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People with Autism Spectrum Disorder Could Interact More Easily with a Robot than with a Human: Reasons and Limits

Dubois-Sage,

Jacquet,

Jamet

et al. 2024

Behavioral Sciences

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Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder show deficits in communication and social interaction, as well as repetitive behaviors and restricted interests. Interacting with robots could bring benefits to this population, notably by fostering communication and social interaction. Studies even suggest that people with Autism Spectrum Disorder could interact more easily with a robot partner rather than a human partner. We will be looking at the benefits of robots and the reasons put forward to explain these results. The interest regarding robots would mainly be due to three of their characteristics: they can act as motivational tools, and they are simplified agents whose behavior is more predictable than that of a human. Nevertheless, there are still many challenges to be met in specifying the optimum conditions for using robots with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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“…Taken from the current survey, useful interactive play scenarios that involve social robots as assistants during SLT are presented in a table format. The format of the following play scenarios is inspired by previously developed robot-assisted play scenarios, originated from [13], and broadly conforms to several current robot-assisted interventions that have been used for children, in particular for children with ASD [52,53].…”

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“…Reference:[52], 2021 Name of Scenario: Physical Activities with NAO Robot. Objectives Initiation of physical movements.…”

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Exploring the Potential of Social Robots for Speech and Language Therapy: A Review and Analysis of Interactive Scenarios

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The use of innovative technology in the field of Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) has gained significant attention nowadays. Despite being a promising research area, Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) have not been thoroughly studied and used in SLT. This paper makes two main contributions: firstly, providing a comprehensive review of existing research on the use of SARs to enhance communication skills in children and adolescents. Secondly, organizing the information into tables that categorize the interactive play scenarios described in the surveyed papers. The inclusion criteria for play scenarios in the tables are based only on their effectiveness for SLT proven by experimental findings. The data, systematically presented in a table format, allow readers to easily find relevant information based on various factors, such as disorder type, age, treatment technique, robot type, etc. The study concludes that the despite limited research on the use of social robots for children and adolescents with communication disorders (CD), promising outcomes have been reported. The authors discuss the methodological, technical, and ethical limitations related to the use of SARs for SLT in clinical or home environments, as well as the huge potential of conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a secondary assistive technology to facilitate speech and language interventions.

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Improvement of Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder using Human Robot Interaction

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

An AI-Enabled Internet of Things Based Autism Care System for Improving Cognitive Ability of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

An AI-Enabled Internet of Things Based Autism Care System for Improving Cognitive Ability of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

People with Autism Spectrum Disorder Could Interact More Easily with a Robot than with a Human: Reasons and Limits

Exploring the Potential of Social Robots for Speech and Language Therapy: A Review and Analysis of Interactive Scenarios

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