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 daily life conversation. We propose a speech-technology based software tool that provides automated numerical and visual feedback on two important aspects of prosody: speech rate and intonation. The tool includes speech rate and intonation algorithms, both specifically developed for the analysis of Dutch dysarthric speech. The tool enables speech-language pathologists to obtain objective measures of these prosodic aspects in a standardized and fast way, and enables dysarthric speakers to practise their prosodic skills intensively without the presence of a speech-language pathologist being required.
Martens, H, Dekens, T, Latacz, L, Van Nuffelen, G, Verhelst, W & De Bodt, M 2013, Automated assessment and treatment of speech rate and intonation in dysarthria. in V Osmani, AT Campbell & P Lukowicz (eds), 2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth). IEEE, pp. 382-384, 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Venice, Italy, 5/05/13. <http://www.eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/pervasivehealth.2013.252366>
Martens, H., Dekens, T., Latacz, L., Van Nuffelen, G., Verhelst, W., & De Bodt, M. (2013). Automated assessment and treatment of speech rate and intonation in dysarthria. In V. Osmani, A. T. Campbell, & P. Lukowicz (Eds.), 2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) (pp. 382-384). IEEE. http://www.eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/pervasivehealth.2013.252366
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title = "Automated assessment and treatment of speech rate and intonation in dysarthria",
abstract = "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 daily life conversation. We propose a speech-technology based software tool that provides automated numerical and visual feedback on two important aspects of prosody: speech rate and intonation. The tool includes speech rate and intonation algorithms, both specifically developed for the analysis of Dutch dysarthric speech. The tool enables speech-language pathologists to obtain objective measures of these prosodic aspects in a standardized and fast way, and enables dysarthric speakers to practise their prosodic skills intensively without the presence of a speech-language pathologist being required.",
keywords = "dysarthria, speech rate, intonation, sentence modality, automated assessment, automated treatment",
author = "Heidi Martens and Tomas Dekens and Lukas Latacz and {Van Nuffelen}, Gwen and Werner Verhelst and {De Bodt}, Marc",
note = "V. Osmani, A.T. Campbell, & P. Lukowicz; 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare ; Conference date: 05-05-2013 Through 08-05-2013",
year = "2013",
month = may,
day = "23",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4799-0296-5",
pages = "382--384",
editor = "V. Osmani and A.T. Campbell and P. Lukowicz",
booktitle = "2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth)",
publisher = "IEEE",
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