DOI

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.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Название основной публикацииSpeech and Computer - 19th International Conference, SPECOM 2017, Proceedings
РедакторыAlexey Karpov, Iosif Mporas, Rodmonga Potapova
ИздательSpringer Nature
Страницы602-612
Число страниц11
ISBN (печатное издание)9783319664286
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - 1 янв 2017
Событие19th International Conference on Speech and Computer - Hatfield, Великобритания
Продолжительность: 11 сен 201715 сен 2017

Серия публикаций

НазваниеLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Том10458 LNAI
ISSN (печатное издание)0302-9743
ISSN (электронное издание)1611-3349

конференция

конференция19th International Conference on Speech and Computer
Сокращенное названиеSPECOM 2017
Страна/TерриторияВеликобритания
ГородHatfield
Период11/09/1715/09/17

    Предметные области Scopus

  • Теоретические компьютерные науки
  • Компьютерные науки (все)

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