Acoustic analysis of voice for detection of speech disorder for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Abstract
A method of acoustic signal analysis with sustain vowel phonation for detection of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is considered. A method for segmentation of the voice signal into periods of the fundamental tone, which is used for evaluation of the jitter and shimmer parameters, is proposed. A comparison of two ALS detectors was performed. The first detector was trained using voice features extracted by the proposed method, while the second detector was trained using features obtained with PRAAT toolkit. The result showed a significant improvement (by 20 %) in the accuracy of detecting ALS disease using the proposed method.
About the Authors
M. I. Vashkevich
Белорусский государственный университет информатики и радиоэлектроники, Республика Беларусь
Belarus
Belarus
A. D. Gvozdovich
Белорусский государственный университет информатики и радиоэлектроники, Республика Беларусь
Belarus
Belarus
Y. N. Rushkevich
Республиканский научно-практический центр неврологии и нейрохирургии, Республика Беларусь
Belarus
Belarus
A. A. Petrovsky
Белорусский государственный университет информатики и радиоэлектроники, Республика Беларусь
Belarus
Belarus
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Vashkevich M.I., Gvozdovich A.D., Rushkevich Y.N., Petrovsky A.A. Acoustic analysis of voice for detection of speech disorder for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Doklady BGUIR. 2018;(7):64-68. (In Russ.)
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