Speech and Language Technology for Language Disorders

This book draws on the recent remarkable advances in speech and language processing: advances that have moved speech technology beyond basic applications such as medical dictation and telephone self-service to increasingly sophisticated and clinically significant applications aimed at complex speech and language disorders. The book provides an introduction to the basic elements of speech and natural language processing technology, and illustrates their clinical potential by reviewing speech technology software currently in use for disorders such as autism and aphasia. The discussion is informed by the authors' own experiences in developing and investigating speech technology applications for these populations. Topics include detailed examples of speech and language technologies in both remediative and assistive applications, overviews of a number of current applications, and a checklist of criteria for selecting the most appropriate applications for particular user needs.
This book will be of benefit to four audiences: application developers who are looking to apply these technologies; clinicians who are looking for software that may be of value to their clients; students of speech-language pathology and application development; and finally, people with speech and language disorders and their friends and family members.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Overviews of Technologies and Impairments
3. Technologies for disorders that affect speech and language
4. Evaluating software
5. Discussion
References
Appendix -- list of software

About the author

Katharine Beals; Deborah Dahl; Ruth B. Fink, Marcia C. Linebarger.

Product details

• Authors: Katharin Beals, Katharine Beals, Debora Dahl, Deborah Dahl, Ruth Fink, Ruth et al Fink, Marcia Linebarger
• Assisted by: Katharine Beals (Editor), Deborah Dahl (Editor), Ruth Fink (Editor), Marcia Linebarger (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.08.2015
• EAN: 9781614517580
• ISBN: 978-1-61451-758-0
• No. of pages: 214
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 457 g
• Illustrations: 63 b/w ill., 5 b/w tbl.
• Series: Speech Technology and Text Mining in Medicine and Healthcare; Speech Technology and Text Mining in Medicine and Health Care; Speech Technology and Text Mining in Medicine and; Speech Technology and Text Mining in Medicine and Health Care; Speech Technology and Text Mining in Medicine and; ISSN
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology