Innovative Speech Articulation Tools for Neuroscience Research

用于神经科学研究的创新语音清晰度工具

• 批准号: 7672956
• 负责人: SUZANNE Elizabeth BOYCE
• 金额: $ 28.95万
• 依托单位: SPEECH TECHNOLOGY/APPLIED RESEARCH CORP.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-05-11 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7672956
• 关键词: Acoustics; Address; Area; Autistic Disorder; Categories; Child; Clinical Research Protocols; Cognitive Science; Collaborations; Communities; Computer software; Computers; Data; Data Reporting; Data Sources; Databases; Development; Disease; Electrodes; Emotions; Exposure to; Feedback; Hand; Infant; Investigation; Joints; Learning; Libraries; Measurement; Measures; Medicine; Methods; Neurologic; Neurological status; Neurosciences Research; Parkinson Disease; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Phase; Physiology; Plug-in; Population; Procedures; Process; Production; Psychology; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Scalp structure; Scientist; Screening procedure; Sleep Deprivation; Software Tools; Speech; Speech Development; Speech-Language Pathology; Summary Reports; Surveys; System; Systems Analysis; Testing; United States National Institutes of Health; Woman; Work; base; computer program; design; innovation; interest; meetings; men; nervous system disorder; programs; public health relevance; response; skills; statistics; tool; usability

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Changes in speech articulation can accompany many neurological disorders and conditions. Historically, measuring these changes by acoustic analysis requires either laborious hand measurement or computer programming skill. In previous work, we have developed fast automatic computer procedures based on acoustic landmarks for a number of specific studies. These procedures considerably streamline the process of acquiring and analyzing speech production data. In multiple collaborations we have found that our method yields significant and useful results in widely separated areas of neurological interest. However, development of these procedures has proceeded in response to the particular needs of the projects and not in a way that systematically addresses the needs of outside users. In response to PA 08-114, we will expand our library of procedures into a convenient software tool for wider use by scientists with and without a background in speech research. Our software module will allow for the use of a menu of specific measures and will constitute a "plug-in" to existing analysis software tools such as Wavesurfer and the R statistical-analysis system. It will report summary statistics for the measures plus additional composite measures that we have found to be reliable indicators of the existence of speech differences between populations or conditions. Further, the tool will be set up to report data from a single audio file, or groups of audio files in a standard table format, for easy input to statistical or other analysis software. For development and testing purposes, we will test our software procedures on a database, and a disorder, for which it has not been used previously. Using this database, scientists recruited from psychology, speech-language pathology and cognitive science will test our software on the database and provide feedback. We will also survey potential users in other domains so that we can address their needs for speech analysis tools. Such a tool would "jump-start" the use of speech production analysis across a wide range of neurologically important areas of research, as envisioned by PA 08-114. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: We will expand our library of speech analysis procedures into a convenient software tool for wider use by scientists with and without a background in speech research. Our software module will allow for the use of a menu of specific measures and will constitute a "plug-in" to existing analysis software tools such as Wavesurfer and the R statistical- analysis system. It will report summary statistics for the measures plus additional composite measures that we have found to be reliable indicators of the existence of speech differences between populations or conditions. Further, the tool will be set up to report data from a single audio file, or groups of audio files in a standard table format, for easy input to statistical or other analysis software.

描述(由申请者提供)：语音清晰度的改变可伴随许多神经疾病和疾病。从历史上看，通过声学分析来测量这些变化需要费力的手工测量或计算机编程技能。在以前的工作中，我们已经为一些特定的研究开发了基于声学里程碑的快速自动计算机程序。这些程序极大地简化了获取和分析语音产生数据的过程。在多次合作中，我们发现我们的方法在广泛分离的神经学兴趣领域产生了显着和有用的结果。然而，这些程序的制定是为了满足项目的特殊需要，而不是以一种系统地满足外部用户需要的方式进行。为了响应PA 08-114，我们将把我们的程序库扩展为一个方便的软件工具，供有或没有语音研究背景的科学家更广泛地使用。我们的软件模块将允许使用具体措施的菜单，并将构成现有分析软件工具的“插件”，如Wavesurfer和R统计分析系统。它将报告这些措施的汇总统计数据，以及我们认为是人口或条件之间存在言语差异的可靠指标的额外综合衡量标准。此外，将设置该工具，以便以标准表格格式报告来自单个音频文件或成组音频文件的数据，以便输入到统计或其他分析软件。出于开发和测试的目的，我们将在一个数据库和一个以前从未使用过的混乱上测试我们的软件程序。使用这个数据库，从心理学、言语语言病理学和认知科学招募的科学家将在数据库上测试我们的软件并提供反馈。我们还将调查其他领域的潜在用户，以便满足他们对语音分析工具的需求。正如PA08-114所设想的那样，这样的工具将“启动”语音产生分析在广泛的神经学重要研究领域的使用。与公共健康相关：我们将扩大我们的语音分析程序库，使其成为一种方便的软件工具，供有或没有语音研究背景的科学家更广泛地使用。我们的软件模块将允许使用具体措施的菜单，并将构成现有分析软件工具的“插件”，如Wavesurfer和R统计分析系统。它将报告这些措施的汇总统计数据，以及我们认为是人口或条件之间存在言语差异的可靠指标的额外综合衡量标准。此外，将设置该工具，以便以标准表格格式报告来自单个音频文件或成组音频文件的数据，以便输入到统计或其他分析软件。