Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Naming Practice on an Open Platform for People with Aphasia

  Chris Benjamin, Jesse Harris, Alex Moncrief, Gail Ramsberger, Clayton Lewis (2008) — Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This paper presents Banga, a prototype software system built on the Android open-source mobile platform to deliver word finding practice — a form of speech-language therapy — to people with aphasia. Aphasia, a language disorder typically caused by st…

  • aphasia
  • naming practice
  • word finding
  • mobile health
  • Android
  • telerehabilitation
  • speech-language therapy
  • open source
  • assistive technology

• A Longitudinal Evaluation of Tablet-Based Child Speech Therapy with Apraxia World

  Adam Hair, Kirrie J. Ballard, Constantina Markoulli, Penelope Monroe, Jacqueline McKechnie, Beena Ahmed, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna (2021) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper presents Apraxia World, a tablet-based speech therapy game designed for long-term home practice by children with speech sound disorders (SSDs), particularly childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Unlike many therapy games that use simple arcad…

  • speech therapy
  • childhood apraxia of speech
  • speech sound disorders
  • serious games
  • games for health
  • automatic speech recognition
  • mispronunciation detection
  • children
  • mobile health

• ARMStrokes: A Mobile App for Everyday Stroke Rehabilitation

  Jin Guo, Ted Smith, David Messing, Ziying Tang, Sonia Lawson, Jinjuan Heidi Feng (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This paper presents ARMStrokes, an iPhone application that enables stroke survivors to perform upper extremity rehabilitation exercises anywhere and anytime using only built-in smartphone sensors. Stroke affects over 795,000 Americans annually and of…

  • stroke rehabilitation
  • mobile health
  • exergames
  • upper extremity
  • motor impairment
  • physical therapy
  • gamification
  • smartphone sensors
  • telerehabilitation
  • occupational therapy

• A Computer Vision-Based System for Stride Length Estimation using a Mobile Phone Camera

  Wei Zhu, Boyd Anderson, Shenggao Zhu, Ye Wang (2016) — ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper presents an affordable computer vision system for measuring stride length in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients using only a smartphone camera and a printed PVC mat. Gait analysis is a critical non-invasive method for PD diagnosis and asses…

  • Parkinson's disease
  • gait analysis
  • computer vision
  • mobile health
  • movement disorders
  • neurodegenerative diseases
  • low-cost technology
  • healthcare accessibility
  • motor impairment

• Designing Mobile Persuasive Technology to Promote Mental Healthcare in Developing African Nations

  Makuochi Nkwo (2019) — Proceedings of the 16th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This doctoral consortium paper explores how mobile persuasive technology can be designed to promote positive mental healthcare behaviors in developing African nations, with Nigeria as the primary focus. The author identifies a critical gap: while mob…

  • mental health
  • mobile health
  • persuasive technology
  • developing nations
  • Africa
  • behavior change
  • personalization
  • social influence
  • accessibility

• Development of a Remote Therapy Tool for Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  Avinash Parnandi, Virendra Karappa, Tian Lan, Mostafa Shahin, Jacqueline McKechnie, Kirrie Ballard, Beena Ahmed, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna (2015) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)

  This paper presents a multitier client-server system for remote administration of speech therapy to children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a motor speech disorder where the brain has difficulty coordinating the movements needed for speech p…

  • speech disorder
  • speech therapy
  • childhood apraxia of speech
  • remote therapy
  • mobile health
  • automated speech analysis
  • gamification
  • children