Automatic Screening for Children with Speech Disorder using Automatic Speech Recognition: Opportunities and Challenges

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Main Authors: Liu, Dancheng, Yang, Jason, Albrecht-Buehler, Ishan, Qin, Helen, Li, Sophie, Hu, Yuting, Nassereldine, Amir, Xiong, Jinjun
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Published: 2024
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author Liu, Dancheng
Yang, Jason
Albrecht-Buehler, Ishan
Qin, Helen
Li, Sophie
Hu, Yuting
Nassereldine, Amir
Xiong, Jinjun
author_facet Liu, Dancheng
Yang, Jason
Albrecht-Buehler, Ishan
Qin, Helen
Li, Sophie
Hu, Yuting
Nassereldine, Amir
Xiong, Jinjun
contents Speech is a fundamental aspect of human life, crucial not only for communication but also for cognitive, social, and academic development. Children with speech disorders (SD) face significant challenges that, if unaddressed, can result in lasting negative impacts. Traditionally, speech and language assessments (SLA) have been conducted by skilled speech-language pathologists (SLPs), but there is a growing need for efficient and scalable SLA methods powered by artificial intelligence. This position paper presents a survey of existing techniques suitable for automating SLA pipelines, with an emphasis on adapting automatic speech recognition (ASR) models for children's speech, an overview of current SLAs and their automated counterparts to demonstrate the feasibility of AI-enhanced SLA pipelines, and a discussion of practical considerations, including accessibility and privacy concerns, associated with the deployment of AI-powered SLAs.
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spellingShingle Automatic Screening for Children with Speech Disorder using Automatic Speech Recognition: Opportunities and Challenges
Liu, Dancheng
Yang, Jason
Albrecht-Buehler, Ishan
Qin, Helen
Li, Sophie
Hu, Yuting
Nassereldine, Amir
Xiong, Jinjun
Audio and Speech Processing
Computation and Language
Quantitative Methods
Speech is a fundamental aspect of human life, crucial not only for communication but also for cognitive, social, and academic development. Children with speech disorders (SD) face significant challenges that, if unaddressed, can result in lasting negative impacts. Traditionally, speech and language assessments (SLA) have been conducted by skilled speech-language pathologists (SLPs), but there is a growing need for efficient and scalable SLA methods powered by artificial intelligence. This position paper presents a survey of existing techniques suitable for automating SLA pipelines, with an emphasis on adapting automatic speech recognition (ASR) models for children's speech, an overview of current SLAs and their automated counterparts to demonstrate the feasibility of AI-enhanced SLA pipelines, and a discussion of practical considerations, including accessibility and privacy concerns, associated with the deployment of AI-powered SLAs.
title Automatic Screening for Children with Speech Disorder using Automatic Speech Recognition: Opportunities and Challenges
topic Audio and Speech Processing
Computation and Language
Quantitative Methods
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.11865