A huggable communication medium can provide sustained listening support for special needs students in a classroom

Nakanishi, Junya; Sumioka, Hidenobu; Ishiguro, Hiroshi

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2018.10.008

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“…A previous study reported that long-term use of Hugvie maintained improved listening performances in school children with special needs over three months. Furthermore, the children indicated a preference for using the Hugvie even after the experiment [58]. Although the demographic characteristics of our participants were different from those of the schoolchildren in terms of target age and symptoms, they too indicated a positive impression of the Hugvie.…”

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A huggable device can reduce the stress of calling an unfamiliar person on the phone for individuals with ASD

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Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are often not comfortable during mobile-phone conversations with unfamiliar people. “Hugvie” is a pillow with a human-like shape that has been designed to provide users with the tactile sensation of hugging another person during phone conversations to promote feelings of comfort and trust in the speaker toward their conversation partners. Our primary aim was to examine whether physical contact by hugging a Hugvie could reduce the stress of speaking with an unfamiliar person on the phone in individuals with ASD. We enrolled 24 individuals and requested them to carry out phone conversations either using only a mobile phone or using a mobile phone along with the Hugvie. All participants in both groups completed questionnaires designed to evaluate their self-confidence while talking on the phone, and also provided salivary cortisol samples four times each day. Our analysis revealed that the medium of communication was a significant factor, indicating that individuals with ASD who spoke with an unfamiliar person on the phone while hugging a Hugvie had stronger self-confidence and lower stress levels than those who did not use Hugvie. Hence, we recommend that huggable devices be used as adjunctive tools to support individuals with ASD during telephonic conversations with unfamiliar people.

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“…Good listening skills will be the foundation that guides a language learner to language skills (Nakanishi et al, 2019;Yudhiantara & Saehu, 2017). Listening is an activity that includes listening to the sounds of language, identifying, observing, and reacting to the meanings contained in the reading material (Monica et al, 2017;Widyaningrum, 2015).…”

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“…One of the essential skills that should be mastered is listening to skill. Listening is a crucial skill that must be learned in the language learning process (Amiryousefi & Tavakoli, 2011;Nakanishi et al, 2019). Listening is the same as reading which is a receptive skill because both listening and reading focus on receiving information from an outside source.…”

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Shadowing Technique To Improve Student’s Listening Skill

Junipisa¹,

Aristana²

2021

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The condition that occurs in the classroom is that students are afraid of English. Students feel that learning English is difficult to memorize. Students have learning difficulties because the teacher does not apply a suitable learning model for students. This causes students to feel bored in learning and has an impact on students' low English skills. The purpose of this study is to analyze the shadowing technique in learning English for students. This type of research is classroom action research. The research subjects were 17 students. There are four main parts of classroom action research, namely planning, action, observation, and reflection. The methods used to collect data are observation, interviews, and questionnaires. The technique used to analyze the data is descriptive qualitative and quantitative analysis. The study results are the average value, from 73.2 in the first cycle to 76.0 in the second cycle. The percentage of students who passed the KKM also increased from 59% to 78%. Listening skills improve after the application of shadowing techniques. The key is that the application of shadowing techniques can improve students' listening. This research implies that teachers can apply shadowing techniques in the classroom. The application of shadowing techniques can create a fun learning atmosphere for students to improve students' listening skills.

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“…Hugvie, for example, is a robot inside a human‐shaped cushion, designed to mimic the physical aspects of human communication. When participants have hugged it, they have reported a positive impact in both one‐to‐one communication and group interactions (Nakanishi, Sumioka, & Ishiguro, ). In the same vein, a robot made with similar cushiony material seemed to provide benefit to children with autism, by increasing eye contact (Simut, Vanderfaeillie, Peca, Van de Perre, & Vanderborght, ).…”

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Humanization of robots: Is it really such a good idea?

Giger

Piçarra²,

Alves‐Oliveira

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Human Behav and Emerg Tech

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The aim of this review was to examine the pros and cons of humanizing social robots following a psychological perspective. As such, we had six goals. First, we defined what social robots are. Second, we clarified the meaning of humanizing social robots. Third, we presented the theoretical backgrounds for promoting humanization. Fourth, we conducted a review of empirical results of the positive effects and the negative effects of humanization on human–robot interaction (HRI). Fifth, we presented some of the political and ethical problems raised by the humanization of social robots. Lastly, we discussed the overall effects of the humanization of robots in HRI and suggested new avenues of research and development.

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A huggable communication medium can provide sustained listening support for special needs students in a classroom

Cited by 11 publications

References 39 publications

A huggable device can reduce the stress of calling an unfamiliar person on the phone for individuals with ASD

A huggable device can reduce the stress of calling an unfamiliar person on the phone for individuals with ASD

Shadowing Technique To Improve Student’s Listening Skill

Humanization of robots: Is it really such a good idea?

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