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Field study as a method to assess effectiveness of post-laryngectomy communication assistive interfaces

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People suffering from laryngeal cancer might need to have their larynx removed, which leads to speech impairment. Three traditional methods of voice restoration are available, but patients still compensate the voice loss using non-verbal communication, writing and assistive devices. Novel intelligent user interfaces are being developed as voice restoration devices, but no consensus on measures used to assess their effectiveness nor their integration with other devices has been established yet. This poster is an attempt to develop evaluation framework, for both traditional and novel interfaces, with the focus on complex and multichannel aspects of communication. Ethnographic field studies are proposed for investigation of the holistic process of communicative interaction in its highly individualized forms. Results of a pilot study are presented, in order to demonstrate the adequacy and necessary developments of the approach.

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        IUI '19: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces: Companion
        March 2019
        173 pages
        ISBN:9781450366731
        DOI:10.1145/3308557

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