Quantifying perturbations in temporal dynamics for automated assessment of spastic dysarthric speech intelligibility

TH Falk, R Hummel, WY Chan - 2011 IEEE International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spastic dysarthric speech is often associated with imprecise placement of articulators which,
in turn, cause perturbations in speech temporal dynamics, such as unclear distinctions …

Characterization of atypical vocal source excitation, temporal dynamics and prosody for objective measurement of dysarthric word intelligibility

TH Falk, WY Chan, F Shein - Speech Communication, 2012 - Elsevier
Objective measurement of dysarthric speech intelligibility can assist clinicians in the
diagnosis of speech disorder severity as well as in the evaluation of dysarthria treatments. In …

[PDF][PDF] Spectral features for automatic blind intelligibility estimation of spastic dysarthric speech

R Hummel, WY Chan, TH Falk - Twelfth Annual Conference of the …, 2011 - musaelab.ca
In this paper, we explore the use of the standard ITU-T P. 563 speech quality estimation
algorithm for automatic assessment of dysarthric speech intelligibility. A linear mapping …

[PDF][PDF] Automated Dysarthria Severity Classification for Improved Objective Intelligibility Assessment of Spastic Dysarthric Speech.

MOS Paja, TH Falk - Interspeech, 2012 - isca-archive.org
In this paper, automatic dysarthria severity classification is explored as a tool to advance
objective intelligibility prediction of spastic dysarthric speech. A Mahalanobis distance …

[PDF][PDF] Revisiting dysarthria assessment intelligibility metrics

J Carmichael, P Green - … of the 8th International Conference on …, 2004 - isca-archive.org
This study reports on the development of an automated isolated-word intelligibility metric
system designed to improve the scoring consistency and reliability of the Frenchay …

Automatic assessment of dysarthric speech intelligibility based on selected phonetic quality features

MJ Kim, H Kim - Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 13th …, 2012 - Springer
This paper addresses the problem of assessing the speech intelligibility of patients with
dysarthria, which is a motor speech disorder. Dysarthric speech produces spectral distortion …

Improving the intelligibility of dysarthric speech towards enhancing the effectiveness of speech therapy

SA Kumar, CS Kumar - 2016 International Conference on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dysarthria is a neuro-motor disorder in which the muscles used for speech production and
articulation are severely affected. Dysarthric patients are characterized by slow or slurred …

A novel approach for intelligibility assessment in dysarthric subjects

A Tripathi, S Bhosale… - ICASSP 2020-2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dysarthria is a motor speech impairment caused by muscle weakness. Individuals, with this
condition, are unable to control rapid movement of the velum leading to reduction in …

Automated assessment and treatment of speech rate and intonation in dysarthria

H Martens, G Van Nuffelen, M De Bodt… - … for Healthcare and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Prosody assessment and treatment in dysarthria is clinically relevant, since prosodic
impairment can have a negative impact on speech intelligibility and thus on participation in …

Automatic assessment of dysarthria severity level using audio descriptors

C Bhat, B Vachhani… - 2017 IEEE International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dysarthria is a motor speech impairment, often characterized by speech that is generally
indiscernible by human listeners. Assessment of the severity level of dysarthria provides an …