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View article: Towards Accurate Phonetic Error Detection Through Phoneme Similarity Modeling
Towards Accurate Phonetic Error Detection Through Phoneme Similarity Modeling Open
Phonetic error detection, a core subtask of automatic pronunciation assessment, identifies pronunciation deviations at the phoneme level. Speech variability from accents and dysfluencies challenges accurate phoneme recognition, with curren…
View article: Seamless Dysfluent Speech Text Alignment for Disordered Speech Analysis
Seamless Dysfluent Speech Text Alignment for Disordered Speech Analysis Open
Accurate alignment of dysfluent speech with intended text is crucial for automating the diagnosis of neurodegenerative speech disorders. Traditional methods often fail to model phoneme similarities effectively, limiting their performance. …
View article: Automated Speech Analysis to Differentiate Frontal and Right Anterior Temporal Lobe Atrophy in Frontotemporal Dementia
Automated Speech Analysis to Differentiate Frontal and Right Anterior Temporal Lobe Atrophy in Frontotemporal Dementia Open
Automated speech analysis demonstrated high accuracy in differentiating FTD subtypes and provided insights into the neural basis of language impairments. Automated speech analysis could enhance early diagnosis and monitoring of FTD, offeri…
View article: Using image‐text similarity scores from picture descriptions for differentiating the logopenic variant of progressive aphasia from amnestic Alzheimer’s dementia
Using image‐text similarity scores from picture descriptions for differentiating the logopenic variant of progressive aphasia from amnestic Alzheimer’s dementia Open
Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a language‐led dementia associated with underlying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or frontotemporal lobar degeneration pathology. As part of the Alzheimer’s spectrum, logopenic (lv) PPA may be part…
View article: Using image‐text similarity scores from picture descriptions for differentiating the logopenic variant of progressive aphasia from amnestic Alzheimer’s dementia
Using image‐text similarity scores from picture descriptions for differentiating the logopenic variant of progressive aphasia from amnestic Alzheimer’s dementia Open
Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a language‐led dementia associated with underlying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or frontotemporal lobar degeneration pathology. As part of the Alzheimer’s spectrum, logopenic (lv) PPA may be part…
View article: Cross-Linguistic Analysis of Speech Markers: Insights from English, Chinese, and Italian Speakers
Cross-Linguistic Analysis of Speech Markers: Insights from English, Chinese, and Italian Speakers Open
Cross-linguistic studies with healthy individuals are vital, as they can reveal typologically common and different patterns while providing tailored benchmarks for patient studies. Nevertheless, cross-linguistic differences in narrative sp…
View article: Digital language markers distinguish frontal from right anterior temporal lobe atrophy in frontotemporal dementia
Digital language markers distinguish frontal from right anterior temporal lobe atrophy in frontotemporal dementia Open
Background and Objectives Within frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the behavioral variant (bvFTD) characterized by frontal atrophy, and semantic behavioral variant (sbvFTD) characterized by right anterior temporal lobe (rATL) atrophy, present…
View article: Clinical dimensions along the non-fluent variant primary progressive aphasia spectrum
Clinical dimensions along the non-fluent variant primary progressive aphasia spectrum Open
It is debated whether primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS) and progressive agrammatic aphasia (PAA) belong to the same clinical spectrum, traditionally termed non-fluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA), or …
View article: Neural basis of speech and grammar symptoms in non-fluent variant primary progressive aphasia spectrum
Neural basis of speech and grammar symptoms in non-fluent variant primary progressive aphasia spectrum Open
The non-fluent/agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome primarily defined by the presence of apraxia of speech (AoS) and/or expressive agrammatism. In addition, many patients exhibit dysart…
View article: Clinical dimensions along the progressive nonfluent variant primary progressive aphasia spectrum
Clinical dimensions along the progressive nonfluent variant primary progressive aphasia spectrum Open
It is debated whether primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS) and progressive agrammatic aphasia (PAA) belong to the same clinical spectrum traditionally termed nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA) or exi…
View article: Modified script training for nonfluent/agrammatic primary progressive aphasia with significant hearing loss: A single-case experimental design
Modified script training for nonfluent/agrammatic primary progressive aphasia with significant hearing loss: A single-case experimental design Open
Speech-language pathology caseloads often include individuals with hearing loss and a coexisting neurogenic communication disorder. However, specific treatment techniques and modifications designed to accommodate this population are unders…
View article: Gray matter predictors of treatment outcomes in semantic variant primary progressive aphasia
Gray matter predictors of treatment outcomes in semantic variant primary progressive aphasia Open
Event Abstract Back to Event Gray matter predictors of treatment outcomes in semantic variant primary progressive aphasia Heather R. Dial1*, Stephanie M. Grasso1, H. I. Hubbard2*, Kristin Schaffer1, Lisa Wauters1, Eduardo Europa3, Lindsey …
View article: Category, Letter, and Emotional Verbal Fluency in Spanish–English Bilingual Speakers: A Preliminary Report
Category, Letter, and Emotional Verbal Fluency in Spanish–English Bilingual Speakers: A Preliminary Report Open
Self-ratings of proficiency and language dominance correlated significantly with performance on category and letter fluency tasks and may be useful predictors of differences between languages on these tasks. Emotional fluency was not signi…
View article: Category, letter and emotional verbal fluency in Spanish-English bilingual individuals with and without traumatic brain injury
Category, letter and emotional verbal fluency in Spanish-English bilingual individuals with and without traumatic brain injury Open
Twelve verbal fluency tasks (6 in English and 6 in Spanish) were administered to 21 healthy Spanish-English bilingual individuals and 4 Spanish-English bilingual individuals with a history of traumatic brain injury. The performance of heal…