Speech technology for healthcare: Opportunities, challenges, and state of the art

S Latif, J Qadir, A Qayyum, M Usama… - IEEE Reviews in …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Speech technology is not appropriately explored even though modern advances in speech
technology—especially those driven by deep learning (DL) technology—offer …

The automatic detection of speech disorders in children: Challenges, opportunities, and preliminary results

M Shahin, U Zafar, B Ahmed - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Given the limited accessibility to Speech and Language Pathologists (SLPs) children in
need often have, pediatric Computer-Aided Speech Therapy (CAST) tools can play an …

NeuroSpeech: An open-source software for Parkinson's speech analysis

JR Orozco-Arroyave, JC Vásquez-Correa… - Digital Signal …, 2018 - Elsevier
A new software for modeling pathological speech signals is presented in this paper. The
software is called NeuroSpeech. This software enables the analysis of pathological speech …

Mobile apps for treatment of speech disorders in children: An evidence-based analysis of quality and efficacy

L Furlong, M Morris, T Serry, S Erickson - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Recently there has been exponential growth in mobile health (mHealth)
applications (apps) for children with speech disorders. A challenge for health professionals …

A pilot study of the use of emerging computer technologies to improve the effectiveness of reading and writing therapies in children with Down syndrome

VG Felix, LJ Mena, R Ostos… - British Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the potential benefits that computer approaches could provide for children with
cognitive disabilities, research and implementation of emerging approaches to learning …

A longitudinal evaluation of tablet-based child speech therapy with Apraxia World

A Hair, KJ Ballard, C Markoulli, P Monroe… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Digital games can make speech therapy exercises more enjoyable for children and increase
their motivation during therapy. However, many such games developed to date have not …

Apraxia world: A speech therapy game for children with speech sound disorders

A Hair, P Monroe, B Ahmed, KJ Ballard… - Proceedings of the 17th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents Apraxia World, a remote therapy tool for speech sound disorders that
integrates speech exercises into an engaging platformer-style game. In Apraxia World, the …

Computer-based speech therapy for childhood speech sound disorders

L Furlong, S Erickson, ME Morris - Journal of communication disorders, 2017 - Elsevier
Background With the current worldwide workforce shortage of Speech-Language
Pathologists, new and innovative ways of delivering therapy to children with speech sound …

Automated speech analysis tools for children's speech production: A systematic literature review

J McKechnie, B Ahmed, R Gutierrez-Osuna… - … journal of speech …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: A systematic search and review of published studies was conducted on the use of
automated speech analysis (ASA) tools for analysing and modifying speech of typically …

[HTML][HTML] Transforming pediatric speech and language disorder diagnosis and therapy: the evolving role of artificial intelligence

A Bhardwaj, M Sharma, S Kumar, S Sharma… - Health Sciences …, 2024 - Elsevier
Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) with healthcare offers a viable way to treat difficult issues
like children's speech-sound disorder (SSD). AAC, or augmentative alternative …