Enhancing Communication Skills: AI Technologies for Students with Speech and Language Needs

Abstract

While communication is a fundamental concept behind learning and socialization, students with speech and language needs often experience considerable barriers to their participation in educational and social contexts. The authors of this paper investigate how AI technologies can be used to enact such transformation, thus providing a solution for the students who need assistance in achieving better communication skills. Thanks to the killer breakthroughs in natural language processing, speech recognition and assistive technologies, AI provides personalized solutions for a broad spectrum of needs. These are AI powered speech therapy assistive tools, language translation wearable devices and adaptive communication systems. These technologies allow students to overcome difficulties in expressing themselves, understanding others, and participating successfully in academic and social activities. The impact on ethics, accessibility, and the important role of teachers and caregivers in integrating these technologies so that they are effective is also discussed in the paper. With case studies and examples of evidence based best practices, this paper articulates how interventions can be employed wherein AIdriven applications play a decisive role in the delivery of essential supports that promote inclusion related to ideas regarding confidence building communication for students with speech and language needs so that potential is matched by achievement.