title: Implicit theory manipulations affecting efficacy of a smartphone application aiding speech therapy for Parkinson's patients.
abstract: A Smartphone speech-therapy application (STA) is being developed, intended for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) with reduced implicit volume cues. The STA offers visual volume feedback, addressing diminished auditory cues. Users are typically older adults, less familiar with new technology. Domain-specific implicit theories (ITs) have been shown to result in mastery or helpless behaviors. Studies manipulating participants' implicit theories of 'technology' (Study One), and 'ability to affect one's voice' (Study Two), were coordinated with iterative STA test-stages, using patients with PD with prior speech-therapist referrals. Across studies, findings suggest it is possible to manipulate patients' ITs related to engaging with a Smartphone STA. This potentially impacts initial application approach and overall effort using a technology-based therapy.
authors.affiliation: University of Portsmouth, UK. peter.nolan@port.ac.uk
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Sherria
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoskins
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Vaughan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: K Ray
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eglin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D040421:Cell Phone; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications*; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome