Feasibility Testing of a Wearable Behavioral Aid for Social Learning in Children with Autism.

Applied Clinical Informatics
Jena DanielsDennis P Wall

Abstract

Recent advances in computer vision and wearable technology have created an opportunity to introduce mobile therapy systems for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that can respond to the increasing demand for therapeutic interventions; however, feasibility questions must be answered first. We studied the feasibility of a prototype therapeutic tool for children with ASD using Google Glass, examining whether children with ASD would wear such a device, if providing the emotion classification will improve emotion recognition, and how emotion recognition differs between ASD participants and neurotypical controls (NC). We ran a controlled laboratory experiment with 43 children: 23 with ASD and 20 NC. Children identified static facial images on a computer screen with one of 7 emotions in 3 successive batches: the first with no information about emotion provided to the child, the second with the correct classification from the Glass labeling the emotion, and the third again without emotion information. We then trained a logistic regression classifier on the emotion confusion matrices generated by the two information-free batches to predict ASD versus NC. All 43 children were comfortable wearing the Glass. ASD and NC participants who comple...Continue Reading

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May 28, 2019·Journal of Medical Internet Research·Peter WashingtonDennis Paul Wall
Oct 2, 2020·Translational Psychiatry·Ryan Anthony J de BelenDennis Del Favero
Sep 26, 2020·Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA·Kristine D Cantin-GarsideRupa S Valdez
Feb 2, 2021·Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology·Melissa H BlackSonya Girdler
Nov 18, 2021·Applied Clinical Informatics·Yordan PenevDennis P Wall

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