Therapeutic potential of robots for people who stutter: a preliminary study
Yuichiro Yoshikawa,
Hiroaki Kobayashi,
Naomi Sakai
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionGrowing anecdotal evidence suggests the feasibility of robotic intervention for people who suffer from disorders related to state anxiety. Few studies have been conducted on utilizing robots for persons who stutter (PWS). The present study examines the feasibility of using a robot for speech therapy for PWS.MethodsWe prepared four settings (i.e., interviews with unfamiliar persons, interviews with unfamiliar communication robots, reading sentences aloud with a tandem robot that can utter the same w… Show more
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