Elsa Soares


2024

pdf bib
Towards Automated Game-Based Early Screening for Language Disorder
Hamdan Hamid Al-Ali | Elsa Soares | Goncalo Leal | Rita Valente | Nicole Agrela | Alexandra Marquis | Hanan Aldarmaki
Proceedings of the 2024 CLASP Conference on Multimodality and Interaction in Language Learning

This paper examines the potential of gamifying early childhood language disorder screening to make the process more accessible and scalable. We provide an overview of current practices in screening and assessment, and a description of our on-going work towards automation of early screening. By integrating developmental milestones into a video game format and employing automatic speech recognition and natural language processing, this approach aims to enhance the efficiency and reach of early screening in order to identify children who need further professional assessment.