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Keynote SpeechesText-To-Speech Synthesis 1Spoken Language Models and Dialog 1Prosody and Emotion 1Hidden Markov Model Techniques 1Speaker and Language Recognition 1Multimodal Spoken Language Processing 1Isolated Word RecognitionRobust Speech Processing in Adverse Environments 1Spoken Language Models and Dialog 2Articulatory Modelling 1Talking to Infants, Pets and LoversRobust Speech Processing in Adverse Environments 2Spoken Language Models and Dialog 3Speech Coding 1Articulatory Modelling 2Prosody and Emotion 2Neural Networks, Fuzzy and Evolutionary Methods 1Utterance Verification and Word Spotting 1 / Speaker Adaptation 1Text-To-Speech Synthesis 2Spoken Language Models and Dialog 4Human Speech Perception 1Robust Speech Processing in Adverse Environments 3Speech and Hearing Disorders 1Prosody and Emotion 3Spoken Language Understanding Systems 1Signal Processing and Speech Analysis 1Spoken Language Generation and Translation 1Spoken Language Models and Dialog 5Segmentation, Labelling and Speech Corpora 1Multimodal Spoken Language Processing 2Prosody and Emotion 4Neural Networks, Fuzzy and Evolutionary Methods 2Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition 1Speaker and Language Recognition 2Signal Processing and Speech Analysis 2Prosody and Emotion 5Robust Speech Processing in Adverse Environments 4Segmentation, Labelling and Speech Corpora 2Speech Technology Applications and Human-Machine Interface 1Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition 2Text-To-Speech Synthesis 3Language Acquisition 1Acoustic Phonetics 1Speaker Adaptation 2Speech Coding 2Hidden Markov Model Techniques 2Multilingual Perception and Recognition 1Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition 3Articulatory Modelling 3Language Acquisition 2Speaker and Language Recognition 3Text-To-Speech Synthesis 4Spoken Language Understanding Systems 4Human Speech Perception 2Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition 4Spoken Language Understanding Systems 2Signal Processing and Speech Analysis 3Human Speech Perception 3Speaker Adaptation 3Spoken Language Understanding Systems 3Multimodal Spoken Language Processing 3Acoustic Phonetics 2Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition 5Speech Coding 3Language Acquisition 3 / Multilingual Perception and Recognition 2Segmentation, Labelling and Speech Corpora 3Text-To-Speech Synthesis 5Spoken Language Generation and Translation 2Human Speech Perception 4Robust Speech Processing in Adverse Environments 5Text-To-Speech Synthesis 6Speech Technology Applications and Human-Machine Interface 2Prosody and Emotion 6Hidden Markov Model Techniques 3Speech and Hearing Disorders 2 / Speech Processing for the Speech and Hearing Impaired 1Human Speech ProductionSegmentation, Labelling and Speech Corpora 4Speaker and Language Recognition 4Speech Technology Applications and Human-Machine Interface 3Utterance Verification and Word Spotting 2Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition 6Neural Networks, Fuzzy and Evolutionary Methods 3Speech Processing for the Speech-Impaired and Hearing-Impaired 2Prosody and Emotion 72: SST Student Day
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Adults With a Severe-to-Profound Hearing Impairment. Investigating the Effects of Linguistic Context on Speech Perception
Authors:
Mark C. Flynn, The University of Melbourne (Australia)
Richard C. Dowell, The University of Melbourne (Australia)
Graeme M. Clark, The University of Melbourne (Australia)
Page (NA) Paper number 121
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Linguistic context is known to influence speech perception abilities in adults with normal hearing. Recent reports question the importance of context for adults with a severe-to-profound hearing impairment. The severe reduction and distortion in acoustic input may result in the listener perceiving insufficient acoustic-phonetic cues to allow access to higher level linguistic processing. To investigate this further, a detailed study of the speech recognition of adults with a severe-to-profound hearing impairment (N=34) was undertaken. A series of aided speech recognition tasks, sequentially examined the different levels of processing in the speech perception chain. The investigation concluded that the effects of severe-to-profound hearing impairment did not reduce the listener's ability to take advantage of contextual cues. There was, however, wide variability between participants in the utilisation of contextual processing. This indicates that to estimate "real-life" speech perception skills, an evaluation of contextual processing ability is required.
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Speech Perception in Dyslexia: Measurements From Birth Onwards
Authors:
Florien J. Koopmans-van Beinum, Inst. of Phonetic Sciences, Univ. Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Caroline E. Schwippert, Inst. of Phonetic Sciences, Univ. Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Cecile T.L. Kuijpers, IWTS, Catholic University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
Page (NA) Paper number 288
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ABSTRACT This paper concentrates on a small, but essential part within a large national Dutch research program on developmental dyslexia, namely the development of auditory test material for experiments with children from birth onwards. Since it is likely that the basis of any phoneme awareness in children is laid already in their first year of life, it is of great importance to follow the perceptual development of children at risk of dyslexia from birth onwards. In order to investigate the nature and origin of the perceptual deficit dyslexic people are afflicted with, a number of auditory tests are designed. The various steps in the development of the definite set of auditory tests, to be used in the actual research program, the rationale underlying these various steps, and first results of the pilot tests are described in the present paper.
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An Acoustic Analysis of Vowel Production Across Tasks in a Case of Non-fluent Progressive Aphasia
Authors:
Karen Croot, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Sydney (Australia)
Page (NA) Paper number 13
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This paper presents an acoustic investigation of vowel production in reading, naming and repetition tasks by LM, a man with non-fluent progressive aphasia. Plots in the F1/F2 plane showing the centroids of the acoustic targets of [i: E A V O u:] and the formant trajectories of [ai ei ou] demonstrate that LM achieved greater differentiation of targets in reading than in naming or repetition, and that the vowel space for repetition was distorted relative to that of the other two tasks. An earlier study of LM's speech argued that phonological information available from the stimuli in reading and repetition tasks facilitated the activation of stored phonological representations for speech production (Croot, Patterson & Hodges, 1988); the present study suggests that articulatory processing is also facilitated directly or indirectly by the availability of phonological information.
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Speech Technology in Clinical Environments
Authors:
Jan van Doorn, The University of Sydney (Australia)
Sharynne McLeod, The University of Sydney (Australia)
Elise Baker, The University of Sydney (Australia)
Alison Purcell, The University of Sydney (Australia)
William Thorpe, The University of Sydney (Australia)
Page (NA) Paper number 709
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Traditionally, perceptual judgement of speech disorders by clinicians has been a cornerstone of speech language pathology. Increasingly, it is being argued that acoustic speech analysis should supplement aural perception in the clinic. For successful clinical application of speech technology, experts in acoustic analysis generally agree that a working knowledge of acoustic phonetics, digital signal processing and the literature on the acoustic characteristics of speech disorders are required. However, it is not necessarily compellingly obvious to clinicians. This paper examines the issues by examining how the various components fit into the clinical picture. It examines when and how speech technology can be used by clinicians, arguing that clinicians need to be able to do much more than just operate the system. The paper concludes that successful integration of speech technology into clinical environments provides an opportunity to for technologists and clinicians to work together to produce effective speech technology for clinical applications.