Diseño de multimedia terapéutico para niños de 2 años con trastornos del habla de CEPALH.

Abstract

The objective of this project was to design therapeutic multimedia for children aged 2 years with speech disorder from the Specialized Center in Language and Speech Pathologies (CEPALH), located in the city of Ambato. Information was collected through an application research with the collaboration of the speech therapist, director in charge of (CEPALH). For the development of multimedia the Heuristic methodology was used, which allowed maintaining a structure of therapeutic and educational development in a dynamic and flexible way during the therapy process. Research techniques were used, such as: observation card, to obtain information on multimedia management in children, collecting therapeutic and educational information, and defining the brand representative of the application. The application was developed on the Android Studio platform with java language. The development of the multimedia was carried out with the following sections: learning and evaluation. The content of the multimedia was validated through a simulation applied to 20 children with dysphasia problems, results were obtained between 60% and 80% functionality in the therapeutic evaluation. Another technique used was the survey, applied to the legal representatives of children who attend therapy at the Specialized Center in Language and Speech Pathologies (CEPALH), in order to evaluate the multimedia, from which successful results were obtained. The multimedia developed will be useful for speech therapists who work with therapy to children with speech and language disorders, since it is an innovative way to treat this type of pathologies. It is recommended to speech therapists, parents and educators, the practice and promotion of multimedia by being easily accessible and low cost, making it a form of therapeutic help for children with speech disorders.