• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.386-392
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• 2007

최근 들어 손 제스처를 인간-기계 인터페이스에 활용하는 연구가 많아지고 있다. 그 중에서 수화 인식은 청각장애인과 일반인 사이의 원활한 의사 소통을 하게 해 주는 인터페이스로서 중요성이 날로 더해가고 있다. 하지만 기존의 수화 인식 연구는 사용자 개개인의 수화 동작의 차이를 고려하지 않고 다수 사용자를 위한 모델을 사용하기 때문에 사용자에 따라 인식률이 낮아지게 된다. 이러한 점을 보완하기 위해 본 논문에서는 개개인의 수화 동작 특성을 반영하여 시스템이 사용자에게 적응해 가는 과정을 다루고자 한다. 특히 점진적인 사용자 적응에 있어서 가장 문제가 되는 것은 어떻게 비관측된 상태(unobserved state)의 파라미터를 수정할 것인가 하는 것이다. 이를 위해서 본 논문에서는 동작 유사도와 적응 추이에 의한 추정을 통해 비관측된 상태의 모델 파라미터를 수정한다. 실제 청각 장애인들로부터 획득한 데이터베이스를 사용하여 제안한 방법이 기존 방법에 비해 더욱 빠르게 사용자의 특성을 시스템에 반영하고 인식률을 향상시킨다는 것을 실험을 통해 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.465-468
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• 2020

인터넷 미디어, OTT, VOD 등 신규미디어가 비장애인의 정보제공 매체로 널리 확대되나, 자막 서비스를 제공하지 않아 청각장애인의 정보 격차가 더욱 심화되고 있다. 청각장애인의 미디어 접근성 제고를 위해 음성인식 서버 및 스마트 폰·태블릿 앱 간 연계를 통해 음성을 인식하여 자동으로 자막을 생성하고 표시하는 음성-자막 자동 변환 시스템을 개발하였고 음성인식률을 높이기 위해 뉴스/시사/다큐 장르 영상 콘텐츠의 음성에 대해 학습용 데이터를 제작하여 음성인식 성능을 고도화 시켰다. 본 논문에서는 청각장애인을 위한 음성-자막 자동 변환시스템 구성과 음성인식률 비교 평가 결과를 보여준다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.207-216
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors contributing to the wage inequality between employment of persons with disabilities. Among the raw data provided by the Korea Employment Development institute for persons with disabilities, 3,546 cases were studied, excluding cases in which major variables were missing, in the 『2018 survey on the employment status of the disabled in business』. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 25 and STATA 14 to analyze wage inequality among employment companies for persons with disabilities. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 25 and STATA 14 to analyze wage inequality in employment companies for persons with disabilities. The study found that factors contributing to the wage inequality in employment companies for the disabled include 'minimum level of education'12.63%, 'asset level'6.37%, 'level of work required'4.87%, 'ratio of female employment'3.30%, 'sales profit'2.33%, 'education training for employees'1.19%, 'labor union membership rate'0.67%, 'work type'0.42%, 'average working hours'0.41%, 'recognition of work level of disabled people'0.34%, 'recognition that employment of disabled people is helpful to companies'0.23%, 'positive recognition of work cost of disabled people'0.17%. Based on these results, this study proposed access at the level of employment business for the disabled, social level, and worker level for the disabled.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.249-258
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• 2019

The health care services are the most basic social institutions that are provided to citizen including disabled persons for improvement of health. However, the study of the difference of health care services according to the speech therapy use in the people with speech-language disorders was insufficient. The aim of this investigation was to compare the awareness of health care services and characteristics of people with speech-language disorders according to speech therapy use. The researchers selected 229 people with language disorder using raw data of National Survey of the Disabled Person (2017). We compared the characteristics and health care services of people with speech-language disorders by distinguishing between speech therapy non-users and speech therapy users. Among the 229 people with language disorder, speech therapy users were 37 persons (16.2%). In comparison with non-users, users were younger, more preschoolers, more family incomes, and intellectual disabilities and autistic disorder were the most common types of disability enrollment. Users had a lower proportion of unmet medical needs than non-users. For the reasons of unmet medical need, there were 6.8% and 6.3% of the "economic reasons" and "communication difficulties" Both users and non-users responded that "disability management services" need to be strengthened by the government. In conclusion, we suggest that access to health care services needs to be increased to lower the barriers of speech therapy use.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.77-90
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• 2018

Behavioral studies of emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have yielded mixed results. Most of the studies focused on emotion recognition abilities with regard to ASD using stimuli with unisensory modality, making it difficult to determine difficulties in real life emotion perception in ASD. Herein, we review the recent behavioral and cognitive neuroscience studies on emotion recognition functions in ASD, including both unisensory and multisensory emotional information, to elucidate the possible difficulties in emotion recognition in ASD. In our study, we discovered that people with ASD have problems in the process of integrating emotional information during emotion recognition tasks. The following four points are discussed: (1) The restrictions of previous studies, (2) deficits in emotion recognition in ASD especially in recognizing multisensory information, (3) possible compensation mechanisms for emotion recognition in ASD, and (4) the possible roles of attention and language functions in emotion recognition in ASD. The compensatory mechanisms proposed herein for ASD with regard to emotion recognition abilities could contribute to a therapeutic approach for improving emotion recognition functions in ASD.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.422-424
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• 2011

시각장애인이 책을 읽을 수 있는 방법은 점자책 또는 오디오북이 있다. 그러나 점자책과 오디오북은 그 개수가 한정적이다. 또한, 점자책과 오디오북을 제작하는 데에는 상당한 시간이 소요된다. 이로 인해 시각장애인의 기본적인 독서권이 침해 받고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 영상처리, OCR, TTS 기법을 적용해 시각장애인용 독서 스탠드를 개발하였다. 제안하는 시스템에서는 문자 인식률 향상을 위해 왜곡된 이미지를 보정한 후 단편 블록화 과정을 추가로 적용하여 문자 인식률을 93%까지 증가시켜 실용성을 높였다. 개발된 시스템은 도서관 및 서점 등에 설치되어 시각장애인의 독서권을 확보하는데 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.45-54
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• 2019

In this study, the effect of gamified disability awareness program was researched to examine its potential to be used as a disability awareness curriculum particular to Korean schools. The gamified program consisted of lessons related to disability skiing such as learning about Paralympic skier, experiencing mono skis, and participating in cooperative games. To examine its effectiveness, Multidimensional Attitudes Scale towards persons with disabilities (MAS) was used. Results indicate that the attitude of the experiment group showed significant change.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.101-109
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• 2007

This study was performed to investigate body image perception and eating disorders by sex in Korean adolescents. In both females and males, the students were more likely to be underweight than overweight. Females were more underweight than males and were more likely to perceive themselves as overweight. In addition, females were less satisfied with their body shape and had more stress associated with their body weight and eating disorders. These results indicate that nutrition education programs, particularly in female students, should incorporate strategies to change inaccurate self-body image perception and disseminate knowledge about proper weight control methods.

• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.127-132
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• 2016

The purpose of the study is to identify the accessibility of OpenCouresWare(OCW) from the perspective of college students with visual and hearing impairments. Six students with visual impairments(3 blind and 3 low vision) and four students with hearing impairments(2 deaf, 2 hard of hearing) implemented usability testing. Two modules in KOCW were selected for testing. Students implemented usability testing and then each individual case was analyzed through quantitative and qualitative methods. As results, the degree of usability and accessibility in two modules indicated low level. Implications and recommendations for designing OCW module based on the results were suggested.

• Journal of Music and Human Behavior
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.99-115
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• 2023

Given the ongoing discussion regarding remote music therapy following the COVID-19 pandemic and the pivotal role of parental involvement in it, this study investigated parents' perceptions on their roles in a synchronous videoconferencing music therapy for their children with developmental disabilities. A total of 32 participants participated in an online survey comprising 68 questions. Descriptive statistics summarized the collected responses, and Pearson's correlation was conducted to examine the relationship between perceived parental roles, psychological burden, and willingness to participate in future remote music therapy. The findings showed that parents of children with developmental disabilities acknowledged the benefits of tele-music therapy and possessed substantial information about its implementation. Furthermore, they reported their roles of providing physical, participatory, and mediating support. As parents exhibited greater satisfaction with their role in supporting their children's participation or managing their off-task behaviors, they perceived reduced psychological burden. These findings hold significant implications for expansion of tele-music therapy strategies to address the unique needs of children with developmental disabilities and support their parents as immediate mediators for their children.