• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.228-241
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• 2015

Using survey on 865 college students, this study examines college students' perceptions on older generations in Korea. College students do not perceive conflicts with the elderly severely. While they recognize that the elderly contributed to family care and economic growth, they perceive that intergenerational conflicts regarding redistribution across generations might be impending in the areas of welfare policies. Progressive students evaluate contributions of the elderly more positively and approve expanding the roles of governments in the areas of welfare policies for the elderly than do conservative students. Students with higher interests in politics also positively assess the contributions of the elderly and are more concerned with the financial sustainability of welfare policies for the elderly. However, they perceive that the possibility of intergenerational conflicts might be low. This study suggests programs to increase intergenerational cooperation between college students and the elderly.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2023.10a
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• pp.39-43
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• 2023

자동 음성 인식(Automatic Speech Recognition, ASR)은 컴퓨터가 인간의 음성을 텍스트로 변환하는 기술이다. 자동 음성 인식 시스템은 다양한 응용 분야에서 사용되며, 음성 명령 및 제어, 음성 검색, 텍스트 트랜스크립션, 자동 음성 번역 등 다양한 작업을 목적으로 한다. 자동 음성 인식의 노력에도 불구하고 노인 음성 인식(Elderly Speech Recognition, ESR)에 대한 어려움은 줄어들지 않고 있다. 본 연구는 노인 음성 인식에 콘포머(Conformer)와 피쳐 퓨전 모듈(Features Fusion Module, FFM)기반 노인 음성 인식 모델을 제안한다. 학습, 평가는 VOTE400(Voide Of The Elderly 400 Hours) 데이터셋으로 한다. 본 연구는 그동안 잘 이뤄지지 않았던 콘포머와 퓨전피쳐를 사용해 노인 음성 인식을 위한 딥러닝 모델을 제시하였다는데 큰 의미가 있다. 또한 콘포머 모델보다 높은 수준의 정확도를 보임으로써 노인 음성 인식을 위한 딥러닝 모델 연구에 기여했다.

• 한국노년학
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.1001-1024
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• 2009

This study investigates what older adults have image of older adult with relation to their self-identity. Fourteen participants are interviewed in this study. The main findings are as follows. Their response to image of older adult is divided in the form of 'denial' and 'accommodation' about social images of older adults. 'Denial' has 'total denial' and 'selective denial' while 'accommodation' includes 'acceptive accommodation', 'selective accommodation' and 'unwilling accommodation'. 'Total denial' indicates that the participants describe older adults very negatively, and they regard themselves as a person who is totally different from the older person they describe. 'Selective denial' represents that the participants have two types of older adults: negative and positive. They describe that they are close to the positive type of older adults themselves although they do not admit that they are older adults. 'Acceptive accommodating' does not describe older adults negatively, and they identify themselves as older adults. 'Selective accommodating' are very similar to 'selective denial' although the former differs from the latter in that they accept that they are older adults. 'Selective accommodating' also includes negative and positive types of older adults, and this type of participants admit that they are older adults, and believe that they belong to the positive type. In contrast to 'acceptive accommodating', 'unwilling accommodating' describes older adults very negatively. However, the participants belonging to 'unwilling accommodating' comes to accept that they are older adults due to irresistible realities.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.1711-1714
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• 2015

스마트 디바이스가 사회와 소통할 수 있는 도구가 되었음에도 불구하고 아직까지 노인들이 사용하기에는 어려움이 있다. 여기에 음성인식 기술을 이용한 음성인터페이스를 활용함으로써 노인들의 스마트 디바이스에 대한 사용성을 높일 수 있다. 하지만 일반적인 음성인식 시스템은 청장년의 발성 스타일에 맞춰져 있기 때문에, 노화된 노인의 발성이 그대로 입력될 경우 음성인식률이 하락한다. 본 연구에서는 노인의 음절 별 발화속도가 일반적인 음성인식 시스템의 성능을 보증할 수 있는 범위를 벗어나는 경우가 많다는 분석 결과를 토대로 노인의 음절 별 발화속도를 조정한 결과 노인남녀 평균 음성인식률이 15.3% 상승하였다. 이처럼 노인의 음성인식 오류 원인들 중 하나인 발화속도의 재조정으로 음성 인식률을 높일 수 있는 토대를 마련하였다. 이는 노인들이 스마트 디바이스를 이용하여 쉽고 정확한 작업을 수행할 수 있게 됨으로써, 노인들의 사회 참여와 정보 획득이 용이해 지고 더 나아가 세대 간의 소통에도 이바지할 것으로 기대한다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.1129-1136
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analysis factors influencing the perception of elder in nursing students. Method: The subjects were 340 nursing students, from Y university college. Data were analyzed with SPSS/Win 17.0 program. Results: Images, knowledge, and stereotypes plus perception about elderly showed significant positive correlation. According to the result of multiple regression, religion, interest in the elderly issue, knowledge were significant factor of senior perception explaining 55% of the variances. Conclusion: To improve positive perception of the elderly, it is necessary to efficient management about nursing curriculum and continuous study about that result.

• 한국노년학
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.1297-1315
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• 2008

Elderly males in retirement experiencing a change in their social status and role in the family are likely to develop negative perception toward the elderly and the elderly life. The purpose of this study is to examine how the experiences of age discrimination affect elderly male's perception and his attitude towards the elderly life, and to verify the mediation effects of the family and peer relations, which would necessitate the need for social welfare intervention. 215 participants, the elderly men registered at the welfare centers in Seoul Metropolitan area, participated in this research utilizing the structural equation modeling to verify the mediation effect. The findings are as follows. First, the elderly males's experiences of age discrimination is found not to have a significant effect on their perception towards the elderly. Second, the elderly males' discrimination experience has a significant effect on their attitude towards the elderly life. Third, it is found out that family function and peer relationship has complete mediation effect on the perception on the elderly experiencing discrimination in their perception towards the elderly life. Fourth, the family function and peer relationship has partial mediation effect on the elderly male experiencing discrimination in their attitude toward their life after retirement. This shows that more efforts are needed to reduce discrimination towards the elderly, and that strong family function and peer relations help the elderly to develop more positive perception and attitude towards the elderly life. In conclusion, it proposes an institutional approach towards the problem as well as increased support for elderly welfare service including family counseling intended to strengthen family function and alternative family, and more active social activities aimed at strengthening of peer relationship.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.75-81
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to observe the age differences in safety perception among babyboomer, pre-elderly, and the elderly and to seek for countermeasures to overcome the risk. The data used for this study were from the 2008 Social Survey conducted by Administration on Statistics, Korea. The data were divided into three different age groups such as babyboomer, pre-elderly, and the elderly. Results showed that overall safety level of the society, safety perception of others and oneself, current social safety level compared to 10 years ago, social safety level after 10years, awareness of safety among different social fields, and the rank among the list of factors that lead to social insecurity appeared to differ according to the three different age groups. The awareness of safety for the elderly group was not higher than babyboomer and pre-elderly groups. Age differences in safety perception reflected the times and experiences the same age cohort went through. Countermeasures for security should be developed by considering the characteristics of the generations and different age groups.

• 한국노년학
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.221-240
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• 2010

Despite a growing trend in elder mistreatment, research about the problem and its effects on the victims has been sparse. Notably missing are the perspectives of older adults themselves, whose perceptions and responses to elder mistreatment are greatly affected by social and cultural context. The purpose of this study is to examine factors associated with older persons' perceptions of elder mistreatment and subsequent help-seeking behaviors. Six hypothetical scenarios featuring elders were the basis of interviews with 124 older persons, drawn by a quota sampling strategy. Findings indicated that older persons perceived situations of physical abuse (87.9%), financial abuse (86.3%), and psychological abuse (66.1%) to be elder mistreatment, yet respondents showed less sensitivity to elder mistreatment that took the form of physical mistreatment within a couple (47.6%), neglect (40.3%), and self-neglect (16.9%). Certain scenarios yielded less intention to seek help: namely, physical mistreatment within a couple, neglect, and self-neglect. Older persons' personal characteristics, social factors, and cultural factors exerted significant influence on both perception and help-seeking behavior. Perception was identified as a key factor that significantly influenced help-seeking behavior. Findings point to awareness of cultural and social context for success in elder mistreatment prevention, intervention, and policy design for this population.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.1646-1648
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• 2013

고령화 되어 가는 현대 사회에서 노인들이 일반 성인과 동등한 수준에서 정보를 접근 가능하도록 스마트기기의 손쉬운 인터페이스 방법이 요구된다. 음성 인터페이스는 노인들의 스마트기기 활용도를 높여 줄 수 있지만, 성능이 평균적 성인연령 대의 발성행태에 최적화되어 있어, 노인들이 사용할 경우 음성인식률 저하를 초래한다. 그래서 노인 친화형 음성 인터페이스를 개발하기 위한 일환으로 노인음성에 대한 인식률을 향상시켜 줄 수 있는 전처리 알고리즘을 개발하고자 한다. 이를 위해 노인층과 청년층을 대상으로 음성샘플을 수집하여 분석하였고, 그 결과 노인이 청년에 비해 발성속도가 느리며 이는 스마트기기의 음성인식 기능저하로 이어진다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.426-436
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to determine the moderating effect of subjective health state of elder who lives alone on the influence of those people's stratum consciousness on their depression. For this purpose, the study utilized the 5th version of Korea Longitudinal Study on Aging 2014 and analyzed data concerning 774 elder who lives alone. The findings of this study can be summarized as follows. First, the higher elder who lives alone were in subjective stratum consciousness, the lower they were in depression. Second, elder who lives alone were lower in depression when perceiving they were higher in health state. Third, the elder who lives alone were lower in depression when their perceived subjective health state was higher even if they were lower in stratum consciousness. All these findings clearly indicate that the stratum consciousness and depression of elder who lives alone are moderated by their perceived health state of their own. Lastly, the implications, limitations, and suggestion for further research were discussed.