Making Clinical Simulation Mannequins Talk

Isac Cossa, Guilherme Campos, Pedro Sá Couto, João Lindo

2019

Abstract

This paper advocates the interest of applying speech synthesis to clinical simulation mannequins, by focussing on a particular case study of recognised practical interest (evaluation of consciousness level based on the Glasgow Coma Scale), chosen as a proof of concept. A response repository comprising 109 sentences was recorded and an application was developed in Microsoft® Visual Basic® to allow configuration of the simulation scenario, control of response generation on a low-fidelity mannequin equipped with a loudspeaker and assessment of trainee performance. The system received very positive assessment in initial user tests on a typical training setting.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Cossa I., Campos G., Couto P. and Lindo J. (2019). Making Clinical Simulation Mannequins Talk. In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-353-7, SciTePress, pages 450-455. DOI: 10.5220/0007571404500455

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf19,
author={Isac Cossa and Guilherme Campos and Pedro Sá Couto and João Lindo},
title={Making Clinical Simulation Mannequins Talk},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2019},
pages={450-455},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007571404500455},
isbn={978-989-758-353-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - Making Clinical Simulation Mannequins Talk
SN - 978-989-758-353-7
AU - Cossa I.
AU - Campos G.
AU - Couto P.
AU - Lindo J.
PY - 2019
SP - 450
EP - 455
DO - 10.5220/0007571404500455
PB - SciTePress