Desarrollo de serious games para terapia y rehabilitación : Desarrollo de un juego serio para el entrenamiento de habilidades de lenguaje que permita mejorar el vocabulario, la construcción de frases y la comprensión del lenguaje.

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the development of a serious game for language skill training, aimed at improving vocabulary, sentence construction, and language comprehension in children with cognitive or language disabilities. This project seeks to address challenges in auditory discrimination and phonological disorders through an interactive and personalized solution, utilizing an agile development approach. The serious game is designed with two main modules: one for therapists, allowing for the monitoring and evaluation of the child's progress, and another for guests, focused on free practice. It includes exercises in auditory discrimination, phonemic awareness, and phoneme practice categorized by age. The exercises range from basic sound repetition to complex sentence formation, providing immediate feedback and maintaining a record of user progress. The agile approach, guided by the iPlus methodology and the Scrum framework, has enabled an efficient and adaptable project implementation. The playful interaction and gamification elements have also been crucial in motivating the children, facilitating active and participatory learning. Through usability tests and functional evaluations, the serious game has been optimized to offer an effective and engaging therapeutic tool, contributing to linguistic development and improving the quality of life for children with language disabilities.