SLT-Game: Support System for Therapies of Children with Communication Disorders

Abstract

This article proposes an application of assistance for speech and language therapies, aimed at children suffering from this pathology. The system was implemented in a virtual environment developed with the graphics engine Unity 3D, in order to provide an application that optimizes both the use of materials, infrastructure, time resources, among others. The developed system consists of five games based on Speech and Language Therapy, SLT, which encourage the child to perform the different exercises of the five areas of this disorder, hearing, structure and oral function, linguistic formulation, expressive language and Articulation, receptive language. The proposed tool allows the user to select both the work environment and the level of difficulty during the therapy process.