Title
Using speech rhythm knowledge to improve dysarthric speech recognition
Abstract
We introduce a new framework to improve the dysarthric speech recognition by using the rhythm knowledge. This approach builds speaker-dependent (SD) recognizers with respect to the dysarthria severity level of each speaker. This severity level is determined by a hybrid classifier combining class posterior distributions and a hierarchical structure of multilayer perceptrons. To perform this classification, rhythm-based features are used as input parameters since the preliminary evidence from perceptual experiments shows that rhythm troubles may be the common characteristic of various types of dysarthria. Then, a speaker-dependent dysarthric speech recognition is performed by using Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). The Nemours database of American dysarthric speakers is used throughout experiments. Results show the relevance of rhythm metrics and the effectiveness of the proposed framework to improve the performance of dysarthric speech recognition.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/s10772-011-9104-6
I. J. Speech Technology
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Dysarthria, Speech recognition, Severity level assessment, Neural networks, Hybrid systems, Rhythm metrics, Posterior distributions, Nemours database
Journal
15
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1381-2416
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.52
8
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sid-Ahmed Selouani1155.71
Habiba Dahmani250.92
Riadh Amami340.52
habib hamam412423.13