New perspectives on the aging lexicon
The field of cognitive aging has seen considerable advances in describing the linguistic and
semantic changes that happen during the adult life span to uncover the structure of the …
semantic changes that happen during the adult life span to uncover the structure of the …
How to do things with (thousands of) words: Computational approaches to discourse analysis in Alzheimer's disease
Abstract Natural Language Processing (NLP) is an ever-growing field of computational
science that aims to model natural human language. Combined with advances in machine …
science that aims to model natural human language. Combined with advances in machine …
Fluency Bank: A new resource for fluency research and practice
NB Ratner, B MacWhinney - Journal of fluency disorders, 2018 - Elsevier
• FluencyBank has developed one new computational tool (FluCalc) for fluency researchers
and clinicians, and offers additional computational utilities for clinical appraisal of …
and clinicians, and offers additional computational utilities for clinical appraisal of …
The synergy between a humanoid robot and whisper: bridging a gap in education
Students may encounter problems concentrating during a lecture due to various reasons,
which can be related to the educator's accent or the student's auditory difficulties. This may …
which can be related to the educator's accent or the student's auditory difficulties. This may …
Do age-related word retrieval difficulties appear (or disappear) in connected speech?
We conducted a comprehensive literature review of studies of word retrieval in connected
speech in healthy aging and reviewed relevant aphasia research that could shed light on …
speech in healthy aging and reviewed relevant aphasia research that could shed light on …
Twenty-eight years of vowels: Tracking phonetic variation through young to middle age adulthood
Research on age-related changes in speech has primarily focused on comparing “young”
vs.“elderly” adults. Yet, listeners are able to guess talker age more accurately than a binary …
vs.“elderly” adults. Yet, listeners are able to guess talker age more accurately than a binary …
Do disfluencies increase with age? Evidence from a sequential corpus study of disfluencies.
Speech disfluencies such as repeated words and pauses provide information about the
cognitive systems underlying speech production. Understanding whether older age leads to …
cognitive systems underlying speech production. Understanding whether older age leads to …
[HTML][HTML] Changing word usage predicts changing word durations in New Zealand English
M Sóskuthy, J Hay - Cognition, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the emergence of lexicalized effects of word usage on word duration
by looking at parallel changes in usage and duration over 130 years in New Zealand …
by looking at parallel changes in usage and duration over 130 years in New Zealand …
Temporal and episodic analyses of the story of Cinderella in latent aphasia
Purpose The purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of the language
characteristics of people with latent aphasia using measures that examined temporal (ie …
characteristics of people with latent aphasia using measures that examined temporal (ie …
Multi-dimensional variation in adult speech as a function of age
C Fougeron, F Guitard-Ivent, V Delvaux - Languages, 2021 - mdpi.com
We present a multidimensional acoustic report describing variation in speech productions
on data collected from 500 francophone adult speakers (20 to 93 yoa) as a function of age …
on data collected from 500 francophone adult speakers (20 to 93 yoa) as a function of age …