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2016 INTERSPEECH INTERSPEECH 2016

Long-Term Stability of Tracheoesophageal Voices

Abstract

Long-term voice outcomes of 13 tracheoesophageal speakers are assessed using speech samples that were recorded with at least 7 years in between. Intelligibility and voice quality are perceptually evaluated by 10 experienced speech and language pathologists. In addition, automatic speech evaluations are performed with tools from Ghent University. No significant group effect was found for changes in voice quality and intelligibility. The recordings showed a wide interspeaker variability. It is concluded that intelligibility and voice quality of tracheoesophageal voice is mostly stable over a period of 7 to 18 years.

πŸš€ Conference Pioneer β€” INTERSPEECH 2016
🧭 Keyword Pioneer β€” voice quality
🐝 Cross-Pollinator β€” Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Data Science & Analytics, Deep Learning, Healthcare & Medicine, Interdisciplinary, Machine Learning, Mathematics & Optimization, Natural Language Processing, Speech & Audio

Authors

Klaske E. van Sluis , Michiel W.M. van den Brekel , Frans J.M. Hilgers , Rob J.J.H. van Son

Keywords

speech intelligibility voice quality perceptual evaluation longitudinal analysis speech pathology longitudinal study long-term stability tracheoesophageal speech automatic speech evaluation tracheoesophageal voice speech sample voice stability
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