, , Tomas Dekens, Tomas Dekens, Lukas Latacz, Lukas Latacz, Gwen Van Nuffelen, Gwen Van Nuffelen, Werner Verhelst, Werner Verhelst, Marc De Bodt, Marc De Bodt
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",
}