Measuring Real-World Talk Time and Locations of People With Aphasia Using Wearable Technology.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Measuring real-world communication participation of individuals with aphasia is complicated. Historically, this has been estimated through subjective participant or proxy self-report. To address potential inaccuracies, objective measures such as "talk time" have been proposed. Although promising, technological barriers to collecting and quantifying everyday conversations have been documented (e.g., background noise interference, differentiating recorded speakers, and operating Bluetooth applications). This study explored the use of a novel laryngeal sensor and a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracker with the objective of measuring mean talk time per hour and participant locations across three 8-hr days.

Method

Sixteen participants utilized a wearable laryngeal sens

SUBMITTER: Kinsey LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11651648 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature