Automatic assessment of vowel space area

Steven Sandoval, Visar Berisha, Rene L. Utianski, Julie M. Liss, Andreas Spanias

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Abstract

Vowel space area (VSA) is an attractive metric for the study of speech production deficits and reductions in intelligibility, in addition to the traditional study of vowel distinctiveness. Traditional VSA estimates are not currently sufficiently sensitive to map to production deficits. The present report describes an automated algorithm using healthy, connected speech rather than single syllables and estimates the entire vowel working space rather than corner vowels. Analyses reveal a strong correlation between the traditional VSA and automated estimates. When the two methods diverge, the automated method seems to provide a more accurate area since it accounts for all vowels.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)EL477-EL483
JournalJournal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume134
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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