Seok Jeong Yeon
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About
Seok Jeong Yeon is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of assistive robotics and speech-language pathology, whose work focuses on leveraging human-robot interaction to support children with communication and learning disabilities. Her primary research areas include augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), robot-assisted intervention for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and technology-based phonological training for reading disabilities. Yeon’s most influential work, "Robot-based augmentative and alternative communication for nonverbal children with communication disorders" (2014, 20 citations), established a foundational framework for using social robots as interactive AAC tools, demonstrating how robotic platforms can enhance engagement and symbol learning in nonverbal populations. She further advanced this line of inquiry with a 2016 study comparing robot versus computer-based AAC interventions for children with ASD, showing that robotic agents may offer unique advantages in teaching action word symbols. Her 2017 investigation into robot-assisted phonological awareness training for children with reading disabilities (3 citations) represents an innovative application of robotics to literacy instruction, targeting invented spelling skills. Through these contributions, Yeon has helped bridge engineering and special education, providing empirical evidence for robots as dynamic, motivating therapeutic partners.
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