Phonetics and Speech Sciences (말소리와 음성과학)

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Development of smartphone-based voice therapy program

스마트폰기반 음성치료 프로그램 개발연구

  • Lee, Ha-Na (Department of Otolaryngology-Voice Clinic, Chosun University Hospital) ;
  • Park, Jun-Hee (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chosun University School of Medicine) ;
  • Yoo, Jae-Yeon (Department of Speech Language Pathology, Honam University)
  • 이하나 (조선대학교병원 이비인후과 음성클리닉) ;
  • 박준희 (조선대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 유재연 (호남대학교 언어치료학과)
  • Received : 2019.02.01
  • Accepted : 2019.03.18
  • Published : 2019.03.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a smartphone based voice therapy program for patients with voice disorders. Contents of voice therapy were collected through analysis of mobile contents related to voice therapy in Korea, experts and users' demand survey, and the program was developed using Android Studio. Content needed for voice therapy was collected through analysis of mobile contents related to voice therapy. The user satisfaction evaluation for application was conducted for five patient with functional voice disorders. The results showed that the mobile contents related to voice therapy in Korea were mostly related to breathing, followed by voice and singing, but only 13 applications were practically practiced for voice therapy. Expert and user demand surveys showed that the patients and therapists both had a high need for content that could provide voice training in places other than the treatment room. Based on this analysis, 'Home Voice Trainer', an smartphone based voice therapy program, was developed. Home Voice Trainer is an application for voice therapy and management based on Android smartphones. It is designed to train voice therapy activities at home that have been trained offline. In addition, the records of voice training of patients were managed online so that patients can maintain voice improvement through continuous voice consulting even after the end of voice therapy. User evaluations show that patients are satisfied with the difficulty and content of voice therapy programs provided by home voice trainers, but lack of a portion of user interface, such as the portion of home button and interface between screens. Further study suggests the clinical application of home voice trainer to the patients with voice disorders. It is expected that the development study and the clinical application of smart contents related to voice therapy will be actively conducted.

본 연구는 음성장애환자를 위한 스마트폰기반 음성치료프로그램을 개발하고자 하였다. 국내 음성치료관련 모바일 콘텐츠분석, 전문가 및 사용자 수요조사를 통해 음성치료에 필요한 콘텐츠를 수집하였고, 프로그램은 안드로이드 스튜디오를 사용하여 개발하였다. 애플리케이션에 대한 사용자 만족도 평가는 기능적 음성장애인 5명을 대상으로 실시하였다. 연구결과 국내 음성치료관련 모바일 콘텐츠는 주로 호흡과 관련된 애플리케이션이 가장 많았으며 다음으로 음도와 노래 순으로 분포되었으나 실질적으로 음성치료를 위한 애플리케이션은 13개에 불과하였다. 전문가 및 사용자 수요조사 결과 환자와 치료사 모두 치료실 이외에 장소에서 음성훈련을 할 수 있는 콘텐츠에 대한 요구도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 현황분석을 토대로 스마트폰기반 음성치료프로그램인 '홈 보이스 트레이너'를 개발하였다. 홈 보이스 트레이너는 안드로이드 스마트폰을 기반으로 한 음성치료 및 관리용 애플리케이션이다. 기존 오프라인에서 훈련한 음성치료활동을 가정에서도 훈련할 수 있도록 고안되었다. 또한 환자의 음성훈련 기록을 온라인으로 관리하여 음성치료 종결 후에도 지속적인 음성컨설팅을 통해 환자의 음성개선을 유지할 수 있도록 지원하였다. 사용자 평가 결과 환자는 홈 보이스 트레이너에서 제공하는 음성치료프로그램의 난이도, 내용은 만족하는 것으로 나타났으나 홈 버튼 및 화면 간 연계성에 대한 부분과 같은 유저인터페이스에 대한 부분이 미흡한 것으로 나타났다. 추후 연구에서는 음성장애 환자에게 홈 보이스 트레이너를 사용한 임상 적용연구가 필요하다고 생각된다. 또한 음성치료관련 스마트 콘텐츠에 대한 개발 연구와 임상적용에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어지기를 기대한다.

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