Brief Report: Quantifying Speech Production Coordination from Non- and Minimally-Speaking Individuals.
Purpose: Non-verbal utterances are an important tool of communication for individuals who are non- or minimally-speaking. While these utterances are typically understood by caregivers, they can be challenging to interpret by their larger community. To date, there has been little work done to detect...
| Published in: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 1266 - 1281 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=191886337&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 191886337 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01623257 AUT jtl: Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders issn: 01623257 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2026 vid: 56 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 191886337 176530542 191886337 191886337 10.1007/s10803-023-06206-0 191886337 ppf: 1266 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Brief Report: Quantifying Speech Production Coordination from Non- and Minimally-Speaking Individuals. aug: au: Talkar, Tanya Johnson, Kristina T. Narain, Jaya Maes, Pattie Picard, Rosalind Quatieri, Thomas F. affil: https://ror.org/022z6jk58 Human Health and Performance Systems, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, USA sug: subj: Speech Sample Classification Speech Classification Speech Evaluation Human Caregivers Time Series Speech Acoustics Larynx Physiology Frustration Pitch Perception Signal Processing, Computer Assisted Self-Talk Lung Physiology Vocal Cords Physiology Motor Activity Physiology Pilot Studies Child Adolescence Adult Mobile Applications Nonexperimental Studies Software Data Analysis Software Funding Source Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years ab: Purpose: Non-verbal utterances are an important tool of communication for individuals who are non- or minimally-speaking. While these utterances are typically understood by caregivers, they can be challenging to interpret by their larger community. To date, there has been little work done to detect and characterize the vocalizations produced by non- or minimally-speaking individuals. This paper aims to characterize five categories of utterances across a set of 7 non- or minimally-speaking individuals. Methods: The characterization is accomplished using a correlation structure methodology, acting as a proxy measurement for motor coordination, to localize similarities and differences to specific speech production systems. Results: We specifically find that frustrated and dysregulated utterances show similar correlation structure outputs, especially when compared to self-talk, request, and delighted utterances. We additionally witness higher complexity of coordination between articulatory and respiratory subsystems and lower complexity of coordination between laryngeal and respiratory subsystems in frustration and dysregulation as compared to self-talk, request, and delight. Finally, we observe lower complexity of coordination across all three speech subsystems in the request utterances as compared to self-talk and delight. Conclusion: The insights from this work aid in understanding of the modifications made by non- or minimally-speaking individuals to accomplish specific goals in non-verbal communication. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts tracings Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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