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The goal of our study is to reveal verbal and non-verbal information in speech features of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). 30 children with ASD aged 5–14 years and 160 typically developing (TD) coevals were participants in the study. ASD participants were divided into groups according to the presence of development reversals (ASD-1) and developmental risk diagnosed at the birth (ASD-2). The listeners (n = 220 adults) recognized the word’s meaning, correspondence of the repetition word’s meaning and intonation contour to the sample, age, and gender of ASD child’s speech with less probability vs. TD children. Perception data are confirmed by acoustic features. We found significant differences in pitch values, vowels formants frequency and energy between ASD groups and between ASD and TD in spontaneous speech and repetition words. Pitch values of stress vowels were significantly higher in spontaneous speech vs. repetition words for ASD-1 children, ASD-2, and TD children aged 7–12 years. Pitch values in the spontaneous speech of the ASD-1 were higher than in the ASD-2 children. The coarticulation effect was shown for ASD and TD repetition words. Age dynamic of ASD children acoustic features indicated mastering of clear articulation.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Speech and Computer - 19th International Conference, SPECOM 2017, Proceedings |
Editors | Alexey Karpov, Iosif Mporas, Rodmonga Potapova |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 602-612 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319664286 |
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State | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
Event | 19th International Conference on Speech and Computer - Hatfield, United Kingdom Duration: 11 Sep 2017 → 15 Sep 2017 |
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 10458 LNAI |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference | 19th International Conference on Speech and Computer |
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Abbreviated title | SPECOM 2017 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Hatfield |
Period | 11/09/17 → 15/09/17 |
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