An App-Based Authoring System for Personalized Sensory Stimulation of Children With Developmental Disabilities
Author(s) -
Dayoung Lee,
Jinhan Park,
Minseok Song
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 127
ISSN - 2169-3536
DOI - 10.1109/access.2017.2712123
Subject(s) - aerospace , bioengineering , communication, networking and broadcast technologies , components, circuits, devices and systems , computing and processing , engineered materials, dielectrics and plasmas , engineering profession , fields, waves and electromagnetics , general topics for engineers , geoscience , nuclear engineering , photonics and electrooptics , power, energy and industry applications , robotics and control systems , signal processing and analysis , transportation
Children with developmental disabilities typically have sensory processing disorders, which may result in considerable discomfort. Sensory stimulation therapy is the most common remedy, but the development of therapy content is challenging because each individual has unique sensory problems and personal characteristics. To provide personalized content, we propose a new app-based authoring system, in which various functionalities provided by different apps can be dynamically combined and reconfigured. Specifically, we develop: 1) an authoring app, which allows authors to reconfigure the functionality of different apps using parameters; 2) an execution app, which dynamically runs various components in different apps; and 3) app packages to stimulate sensory systems, for which a library is provided to support effective app development on our platform. To stimulate the multi-sensory systems of children with developmental disabilities, several items of content were developed with guidance from special education teachers. User studies reveal that the proposed scheme is effective for the development of personalized educational content, thus helping sensory stimulation therapy.
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