Smart Objects for Speech Therapies at Home Paolo Buono, Fabio Cassano, Antonio Piccinno, Maria Francesca Costabile University of Bari Aldo Moro, Computer Science Department {name.surname}@uniba.it Abstract. The pervasiveness of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is commonly used to create domestic ambient to support people daily life. In this paper we explore how IoT devices can be used in the smart home to administer the therapy to children with speech disorders. The speech therapist manages and controls pa- tients’ therapies by using End-User Development methods and tools. Keywords: IoT, Smart Home, Speech therapy, End-User Development. 1 Introduction The value of Internet of Things (IoT) technology is acknowledged in many scenarios of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) [1], [2]. As several IoT devices are available today in a smart home, researchers are working a lot on smart home systems to be used by physicians and other therapists to remotely assist their patients living at home. Built-in IoT sensors can be exploited to monitor the health status of a person or to administer a therapy. As an example, a software and hardware prototype of a modular pill dispenser has been proposed in [3], [4]. It can be configured, according to the user’s needs, with multiple pills, in which each pill is associated with a small smart box. The therapy, as well as the alerts are set using a mobile phone app. This concept of “home hospitalization" both improves patients’ life, who remain more comfortably at home and avoid hospitalization, and reduces healthcare costs. For this reason, smart home technologies are gaining a momentum in becoming assistive technology in home assistance. IoT devices are also considered to support learning and to improving the quality of life for children with autism spectrum disorder. In [5], smart technologies are exploited for an IoT infrastructure for AAL scenarios where children with autism live in their homes with smart objects, communicating to the outside world in an intelligent and goal-orientated manner. Lack of space prevent us to report on several other proposals available in literature. However, patients live in very different situations and have variable needs and be- haviors. Our research aims at bringing innovation in AAL contexts by proposing new approaches to build spaces equipped with smart devices for monitoring patients’ be- havior, still fostering an independent lifestyle. We capitalize on years of experience on End-User Development (EUD), a research area whose goal is to support non-technical end users in the creation of products and services tailored to their needs and desires [6],