In this, the third of our conversations around AI in speech and language therapy, we look at AI as a tool for people who have aphasia - a language disorder that affects a person's ability to speak and understand. Caitlin Longman, Accessibility Lead at the Stroke Association tells us about her work with people with aphasia and we hear from some of them about how they are using AI and also what are their concerns. Dr Abi Roper, an academic speech and language therapist and self-confessed 'techy' tells us about her research into AI to support aphasia.
Interviewees:
Caitlin Longman, Accessibility Lead at the Stroke Association, guest lecturer at Strathclyde University.
Abi Roper, Speech and Language Therapy research fellow at City University and Joint chair of the Computers in Therapy CEN.
Resources:
For RCSLT Members only:
Artificial Intelligence resources: www.rcslt.org/members/delivering…ligence-resources/
Integrating Generative AI in speech and language therapy: a practical guide www.rcsltcpd.org.uk/lessons/ai-in-slt/
Open access:
Computers in Therapy CEN (‘CITCEN’) citcen.org/
Co-Pilot copilot.microsoft.com/
ChatGPT chatgpt.com/
Image gen Free AI Image Generator - Image Creator in Bing
Factsheets from AbilityNet about AI abilitynet.org.uk/factsheets/what-…-how-do-i-use-it
Free webinar from AbilityNet about how AI can help disabled people abilitynet.org.uk/webinars/how-can…-disabled-people
Webinar series from the Health Foundation about AI and the NHS (exploring priorities and anticipating the future) www.health.org.uk/about-the-health…re-of-healthcare
A guide from the NHS Confederation on AI: "AI in healthcare: navigating the noise". www.nhsconfed.org/publications/ai-healthcare
Blog from NHS England ‘How artificial intelligence is helping to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients’. www.england.nhs.uk/blog/how-artifi…troke-patients/
Research:
AI technologies in therapy - experiences and perceptions of SLPs
Suh, H., Dangol, A., Meadan, H., Miller, C. A., & Kientz, J. A. (2024, June). Opportunities and challenges for AI-based support for speech-language pathologists. In Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interac
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