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Analysis of speech prosody using WaveNet embeddings : The Lombard effect [PDF]

, 2020
We present a novel methodology for speech prosody research based on the analysis of embeddings used to condition a convolutional WaveNet speech synthesis system.
Juraj Šimko, Vainio, Martti, Suni, Antti, Šimko, Juraj, Martti Vainio, Antti Suni   +5 more
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Tutorial: Speech Assessment for Multilingual Children Who Do Not Speak the Same Language(s) as the Speech-Language Pathologist.

, 2023
PurposeThe aim of this tutorial is to support speech-language pathologists (SLPs) undertaking assessments of multilingual children with suspected speech sound disorders, particularly children who speak languages that are not shared with their SLP ...
McLeod, Sharynne, International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech, Verdon, Sarah   +2 more
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Prosodic Prominence and Boundaries in Sequence-to-Sequence Speech Synthesis [PDF]

, 2020
Recent advances in deep learning methods have elevated synthetic speech quality to human level, and the field is now moving towards addressing prosodic variation in synthetic speech.Despite successes in this effort, the state-of-the-art systems fall ...
Juraj Šimko, Kakouros, Sofoklis, Vainio, Martti, Suni, Antti, Šimko, Juraj, Antti Suni, Sofoklis Kakouros, Martti Vainio   +7 more
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wav2vec2-based Speech Rating System for Children with Speech Sound Disorder

, 2022
The computational resources were provided by Aalto ScienceIT. This work was supported by NordForsk through the funding to Technology-enhanced foreign and second-language learning of Nordic languages, project number 103893.Speaking is a fundamental way of
Getman, Yaroslav, Grósz, Tamás, Al-Ghezi, Ragheb, Svendsen, Torbjørn, Kurimo, Mikko, Voskoboinik, Ekaterina, Strömbergsson, Sofia, Voskoboinik, Katja, Salvi, Giampiero   +8 more
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A Formant Modification Method for Improved ASR of Children’s Speech

, 2022
Differences in acoustic characteristics between children’s and adults’ speech degrade performance of automatic speech recognition systems when systems trained using adults’ speech are used to recognize children’s speech.
Alku, Paavo, Kurimo, Mikko, Kadiri, Sudarsana, Kathania, Hemant, Sudarsana Reddy Kadiri, Paavo Alku, Mikko Kurimo, Hemant Kumar Kathania   +7 more
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Determining attributed factors of hearing handicap in individuals with auditory sensory and neural pathology

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022
Introduction: There is a modest relationship between speech perception skills and perceived hearing handicap in individuals with hearing loss. In this study, an attempt is made at linking psychoacoustic results and speech perception skills to understand ...
Sindhu Parthasarathy, Hemanth Narayan Shetty   +1 more
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The relationship between acceptable noise level and electrophysiologic auditory brainstem and cortical signal to noise ratios

Audiology Research, 2014
The following objectives of the study were formulated: i) to investigate differences in measured signal to noise ratios while recording speech-evoked auditory brainstem response (cABR) and cortical late latency response (LLR) in low and high acceptable ...
Hemanth N. Shetty, Sankalapa Mahadev, Devamma Veeresh   +2 more
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Assessing pragmatic abilities in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development, 2022
The aim of the study was to explore pragmatic skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Six children with ASD between ages 3 to 8 years were chosen as the participants.
Mudra Dudwadkar, Bhavani Venkatachalam, Yasha Chheda , Vrushali Shinde , Ankita Kale , Brajesh Priyadarshi   +5 more
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Seasonality sway birth and hearing loss?

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2017
Background Birth is a biological process that involves the emergence of an offspring. A seasonal variation in the frequency of births is reported as a universal phenomenon in the human population.
Teja D. Dessai, Henna Ashraf, Chinju Michael   +2 more
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The validity and reliability coefficient of Persian translated McArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory

مجله پژوهش در علوم توانبخشی, 2008
Introduction: McArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) is a precise method to examine language in the early years of life. McArthur-Bates CDI was selected to help to improve Persian Language pathology movement to do researches on early ...
Y Kazemi, SH Nematzadeh, T Hajian, M Heidari, T Daneshpajouh, M Mirmoeini   +5 more
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