The goal of this study is to find out the acoustic features specific for ASD children vocalizations and speech. Three types of experiments were conducted: emotional speech, spontaneous speech, and the repetition of words. Participants in the study were children with ASD (F 84.0 according to ICD-10), biologically aged 5-14 years (n = 25 children) and typically developing (TD) children aged 5-14 years (n = 60). We compare acoustic features that are widely used in speech recognition and speech perception: pitch values, max and min values of pitch, pitch range, formants frequency, energy and duration. Formant triangles were plotted for vowels with apexes corresponding to the vowels [a], [u], and [i] in F1, F2 coordinates, and their areas were compared. For all children with ASD voice and speech is characterized by high values of pitch, abnormal spectrum, and well-marked high-frequency. Stressed vowels from the words of children (TD & ASD), spoken in discomfort, have higher values of pitch and the third (emotional
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication18th International Conference on Speech and Computer, SPECOM 2016
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings
EditorsA. Ronzhin, R. Potapova, G. Nemeth
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages43-50
ISBN (Electronic)9783319439587
ISBN (Print)9783319439570
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event18 International Conference on Speech and Computer - Budapest, Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
Duration: 23 Aug 201627 Aug 2016
Conference number: 18
http://www.specom2016.hte.hu/

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
PublisherSpringer
Volume9811
ISSN (Print)0302-9743

Conference

Conference18 International Conference on Speech and Computer
Abbreviated titleSpecom 2016
Country/TerritoryHungary
CityBudapest
Period23/08/1627/08/16
Internet address

    Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science(all)

    Research areas

  • acoustic features, pitch, formants frequency, energy, children typically developing, ASD children, speech

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