Simulation of other-initiated repair using AAC.

This simulation study assessed the ability of Speech-Output Technologies (SOTs) to keep in-time during conversational repair. Fifty-eight Other Initiated Repair (OIR) initiators were collected from transcripts of repair interaction sequences collected from past research. A range of selection latencies were then used to calculate simulated utterance composition delays for the OIR initiators using two popular SOT software apps, with and without the use of word prediction.

"Put the what, ? Cut ?!" challenges to coordinating attention in robot-assisted surgery: a microanalytic pilot study.

Introduction: During robot-assisted surgery (RAS), changes to the operating room configuration pose challenges to communication by limiting team members' ability to see one another or use gesture. Referencing (the act of pointing out an object or area in order to coordinate action around it), may be susceptible to miscommunication due to these constraints.

Objectives: Explore the use of microanalysis to describe and evaluate communicative efficiency in RAS through examination of referencing in surgical tasks.