Applying machine learning to facilitate autism diagnostics: pitfalls and promises

D Bone, MS Goodwin, MP Black, CC Lee… - Journal of autism and …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Machine learning has immense potential to enhance diagnostic and intervention
research in the behavioral sciences, and may be especially useful in investigations involving …

The psychologist as an interlocutor in autism spectrum disorder assessment: Insights from a study of spontaneous prosody

D Bone, CC Lee, MP Black, ME Williams… - Journal of Speech …, 2014 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between prosodic speech
cues and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) severity, hypothesizing a mutually interactive …

Playlogue: Dataset and benchmarks for analyzing adult-child conversations during play

M Kalanadhabhatta, MM Rastikerdar… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
There has been growing interest in develo** ubiquitous technologies to analyze adult-
child speech in naturalistic settings such as free play in order to support children's social and …

Atypicalities of gesture form and function in autistic adults

A De Marchena, ES Kim, A Bagdasarov… - Journal of autism and …, 2019 - Springer
While well-represented on clinical measures, co-speech gesture production has never been
formally studied in autistic adults. Twenty-one verbally fluent autistic adults and 21 typically …

Rhythm perception, speaking rate entrainment, and conversational quality: A mediated model

CJ Wynn, TS Barrett, SA Borrie - Journal of Speech, Language, and …, 2022 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose: Acoustic–prosodic entrainment, defined as the tendency for individuals to modify
their speech behaviors to more closely align with the behaviors of their conversation partner …

Effects of adapting to user pitch on rapport perception, behavior, and state with a social robotic learning companion

N Lubold, E Walker, H Pon-Barry - User Modeling and User-Adapted …, 2021 - Springer
Social robots such as learning companions, therapeutic assistants, and tour guides are
dependent on the challenging task of establishing a rapport with their users. People rarely …

[PDF][PDF] Acoustic-prosodic correlates of'awkward'prosody in story retellings from adolescents with autism.

D Bone, MP Black, A Ramakrishna, RB Grossman… - Interspeech, 2015 - researchgate.net
Atypical speech prosody is a primary characteristic of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), yet it
is often excluded from diagnostic instrument algorithms due to poor subjective reliability …

Like, it's important: The frequency and use of the discourse marker like in older autistic children

R Jones, ER Zane… - Autism & developmental …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background & Aims Discourse markers, such as well or like, serve a variety of functions to
support conversational reciprocity: filling pauses, aiding word-finding, and modulating turn …

Engagement detection for children with autism spectrum disorder

A Chorianopoulou, E Tzinis, E Iosif… - … , Speech and Signal …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) face several difficulties in social
communication. Hence, analyzing social interaction can provide insight on their social and …

[PDF][PDF] Acoustic-Prosodic and Turn-Taking Features in Interactions with Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

D Bone, S Bishop, R Gupta, S Lee, SS Narayanan - Interspeech, 2016 - sail.usc.edu
Atypical speech prosody is a hallmark feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that
presents across the lifespan, but is difficult to reliably characterize qualitatively. Given the …