Visual and Hearing Sensitivity Affect Robot-Based Training for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder
In this paper, we investigate the impact of sensory sensitivity during robot-assisted training for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Indeed, user-adaptation for robot-based therapies could help users to focus on the training, and thus improve the benefits of the interactions. C...
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| author | P. Chevalier D. Ghiglino D. Ghiglino F. Floris T. Priolo A. Wykowska |
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| description | In this paper, we investigate the impact of sensory sensitivity during robot-assisted training for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Indeed, user-adaptation for robot-based therapies could help users to focus on the training, and thus improve the benefits of the interactions. Children diagnosed with ASD often suffer from sensory sensitivity, and can show hyper or hypo-reactivity to sensory events, such as reacting strongly or not at all to sounds, movements, or touch. Considering it during robot therapies may improve the overall interaction. In the present study, thirty-four children diagnosed with ASD underwent a joint attention training with the robot Cozmo. The eight session training was embedded in the standard therapy. The children were screened for their sensory sensitivity with the Sensory Profile Checklist Revised. Their social skills were screened before and after the training with the Early Social Communication Scale. We recorded their performance and the amount of feedback they were receiving from the therapist through animations of happy and sad emotions played on the robot. Our results showed that visual and hearing sensitivity influenced the improvements of the skill to initiate joint attention. Also, the therapists of individuals with a high sensitivity to hearing chose to play fewer animations of the robot during the training phase of the robot activity. The animations did not include sounds, but the robot was producing motor noise. These results are supporting the idea that sensory sensitivity of children diagnosed with ASD should be screened prior to engaging the children in robot-assisted therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-905f8dbdc3cc4648a49b8ae388e374472022-12-21T16:35:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Robotics and AI2296-91442022-01-01810.3389/frobt.2021.748853748853Visual and Hearing Sensitivity Affect Robot-Based Training for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum DisorderP. Chevalier0D. Ghiglino1D. Ghiglino2F. Floris3T. Priolo4A. Wykowska5Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, ItalySocial Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, ItalyDIBRIS, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, ItalyPiccolo Cottolengo Genovese di Don Orione, Genoa, ItalyPiccolo Cottolengo Genovese di Don Orione, Genoa, ItalySocial Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, ItalyIn this paper, we investigate the impact of sensory sensitivity during robot-assisted training for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Indeed, user-adaptation for robot-based therapies could help users to focus on the training, and thus improve the benefits of the interactions. Children diagnosed with ASD often suffer from sensory sensitivity, and can show hyper or hypo-reactivity to sensory events, such as reacting strongly or not at all to sounds, movements, or touch. Considering it during robot therapies may improve the overall interaction. In the present study, thirty-four children diagnosed with ASD underwent a joint attention training with the robot Cozmo. The eight session training was embedded in the standard therapy. The children were screened for their sensory sensitivity with the Sensory Profile Checklist Revised. Their social skills were screened before and after the training with the Early Social Communication Scale. We recorded their performance and the amount of feedback they were receiving from the therapist through animations of happy and sad emotions played on the robot. Our results showed that visual and hearing sensitivity influenced the improvements of the skill to initiate joint attention. Also, the therapists of individuals with a high sensitivity to hearing chose to play fewer animations of the robot during the training phase of the robot activity. The animations did not include sounds, but the robot was producing motor noise. These results are supporting the idea that sensory sensitivity of children diagnosed with ASD should be screened prior to engaging the children in robot-assisted therapy.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2021.748853/fullautismrobothuman-robot interactionrobot-assisted therapysensory sensitivity |
| spellingShingle | P. Chevalier D. Ghiglino D. Ghiglino F. Floris T. Priolo A. Wykowska Visual and Hearing Sensitivity Affect Robot-Based Training for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder Frontiers in Robotics and AI autism robot human-robot interaction robot-assisted therapy sensory sensitivity |
| title | Visual and Hearing Sensitivity Affect Robot-Based Training for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| title_full | Visual and Hearing Sensitivity Affect Robot-Based Training for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| title_fullStr | Visual and Hearing Sensitivity Affect Robot-Based Training for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Visual and Hearing Sensitivity Affect Robot-Based Training for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| title_short | Visual and Hearing Sensitivity Affect Robot-Based Training for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| title_sort | visual and hearing sensitivity affect robot based training for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder |
| topic | autism robot human-robot interaction robot-assisted therapy sensory sensitivity |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2021.748853/full |
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