The Prosodic Marionette: a method to visualize speech prosody and assess perceptual and expressive prosodic abilities

Publication date: Available online 13 October 2018Source: Speech CommunicationAuthor(s): Jonathan S. Brumberg, Jill C. Thorson, Rupal PatelAbstractSpeech technology applications have emerged as a promising method for assessing speech-language abilities and at-home therapy, including prosody. Many applications assume that observed prosody errors are due to an underlying disorder; however, they may be instead due to atypical representations of prosody such as immature and developing speech motor control, or compensatory adaptations by those with congenital neuromotor disorders. The result is the same – vocal productions may not be a reliable measure of prosody knowledge. Therefore, in this study we examine the usability of a new technology application to express prosody knowledge without r...

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