SimuCase avatars advance speech-language pathology training

(Case Western Reserve University) A new commercial venture, using technology developed at Case Western Reserve University's College of Arts and Sciences and Case School of Engineering, has made available avatars -- virtual patients -- to train speech-language pathologists. SimuCase allows graduate students and others training to evaluate speech-language disorders to practice using an interactive, Web-based program, reducing stress on the trainee, because a diagnosis doesn't have to be made on a real person.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news