ERUDIT-Workshop
Fuzzy Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision Support
11–12 May 2000, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

A Fuzzy Cognitive Map Approach to Differential Diagnosis of Specific Language Impairment

Voula Georgopoulos¹, Georgia Malandraki¹, and Chrysostomos Stylios²

¹Department of Speech Therapy
Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Koukouli, 26334 Patras, Greece

e-mail: voulag@otenet.gr

²Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece

Abstract. The ability to properly diagnose language disorders at an early age is very important for early intervention in order to ensure proper socialization of children and to reduce the possibility of scholastic failure. Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a disorder of spoken language ability where variety of problems in many aspects of language exists. Unfortunately, there are a variety of disorders with similar characteristics making the differential diagnosis difficult. This paper discusses the use of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) as a diagnostic model for SLI.

(In: Adlassnig, K.-P. (ed.) Fuzzy Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision Support. Proc. of the ERUDIT Workshop, Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft, Vienna, p.68.)