Perceptual evaluation for automatic anomaly detection in disordered speech: Focus on ambiguous cases

Publication date: December 2018Source: Speech Communication, Volume 105Author(s): Imed Laaridh, Christine Meunier, Corinne FredouilleAbstractPerceptual evaluation is still the most common method in clinical practice for diagnosing and following the condition progression of people suffering from dysarthria (or speech disorders more generally). Such evaluations are frequently described as non-trivial, subjective and highly time-consuming (depending on the evaluation level). Most of the time, perceptual assessment is performed individually by clinicians which can be problematic since judgment may vary from one clinician to the other. Clinicians have therefore expressed the need for new objective evaluation tools better adapted to longitudinal studies, the observation of small units and rehabi...

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