Anna Andreeva

Dr. Anna Andreeva is a Chief Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech and Language Therapy at South-West University "Neofit Rilski" (Bulgaria) and a Researcher at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Systems Engineering and Robotics. Her multidisciplinary work bridges clinical therapy with advanced technology.

Research Focus: She specializes in robot-assisted speech therapy, virtual reality rehabilitation, and computational approaches for hearing/language disorders. Key areas include:

• Designing social robot interactions for children with cochlear implants
• Developing VR scenarios for language development and cognitive training
• Creating cyber-physical systems for accessible therapy
• Analyzing pandemic impacts on communication-disabled populations

Affiliations & Labs: Actively collaborates across engineering and clinical domains, leading projects in Miglena Ivanova Simonska's Lab focused on human-robot therapeutic applications.