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Efficient localization of the cortical language network and its functional neuroanatomy in dyslexia
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Using Automatic Speech Recognition to Assess Thai Speech Language Fluency in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
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In: Sensors; Volume 22; Issue 4; Pages: 1583 (2022)
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The Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA), a widely accepted screening tool for identifying patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), includes a language fluency test of verbal functioning; its scores are based on the number of unique correct words produced by the test taker. However, it is possible that unique words may be counted differently for various languages. This study focuses on Thai as a language that differs from English in terms of word combinations. We applied various automatic speech recognition (ASR) techniques to develop an assisted scoring system for the MoCA language fluency test with Thai language support. This was a challenge because Thai is a low-resource language for which domain-specific data are not publicly available, especially speech data from patients with MCIs. Furthermore, the great variety of pronunciation, intonation, tone, and accent of the patients, all of which might differ from healthy controls, bring more complexity to the model. We propose a hybrid time delay neural network hidden Markov model (TDNN-HMM) architecture for acoustic model training to create our ASR system that is robust to environmental noise and to the variation of voice quality impacted by MCI. The LOTUS Thai speech corpus was incorporated into the training set to improve the model’s generalization. A preprocessing algorithm was implemented to reduce the background noise and improve the overall data quality before feeding data into the TDNN-HMM system for automatic word detection and language fluency score calculation. The results show that the TDNN-HMM model in combination with data augmentation using lattice-free maximum mutual information (LF-MMI) objective function provides a word error rate (WER) of 30.77%. To our knowledge, this is the first study to develop an ASR with Thai language support to automate the scoring system of MoCA’s language fluency assessment.
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ASR; language fluency test; LOTUS corpus; MoCA; scoring; speech recognition; Thai tonal language
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URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/s22041583
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Overall, a Good Test, but…—Swedish Lower Secondary Teachers’ Perceptions and Use of National Test Results of English
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In: Languages; Volume 7; Issue 1; Pages: 64 (2022)
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Evaluating Perceptions towards the Consequential Validity of Integrated Language Proficiency Assessment
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In: Languages; Volume 7; Issue 1; Pages: 65 (2022)
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Text+: Language- and text-based Research Data Infrastructure ...
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University students’ perceptions towards using exemplars dialogically to develop evaluative judgement. The case of a high-stakes language test
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Как билингвизм влияет на объем словарного запаса у старших дошкольников? ; How Does Bilingualism Affect the Volume of Vocabulary in Senior Preschoolers?
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Teacher-made tests on Bahasa Indonesia subject for school examinations in public vocational high school of Bengkulu province
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In: Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 136-148 (2022) (2022)
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Video or audio listening tests for English language teaching context: which is more effective for classroom use?
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In: Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 149-166 (2022) (2022)
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An Analysis of the Redesigned SAT-I Mathematics: Perceptions of Teachers, English Proficient Students, and English Language Learners
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A New Test of Irony and Indirect Requests Comprehension—The IRRI Test: Validation and Normative Data in French-Speaking Adults
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In: ISSN: 0887-6177 ; Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03337764 ; Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021, ⟨10.1093/arclin/acab043⟩ (2021)
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Between PIAAC and the new literacy studies. What adult education can learn from large-scale assessments without adopting the neo-liberal paradigm ...
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Young refugees in prevocational preparation classes. Who is moving on to the next step? ... : Junge Geflüchtete in Vorbereitungsklassen. Wem gelingt der nächste Schritt? ...
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The influence of the IELTS Speaking test preparation on second language socialization of post-secondary international students in Canada ...
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Lei, Tian. - : Werklund School of Education, 2021
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A Rasch-based Validation of the Phrasal Vocabulary Size Test ; ラッシュ測定モデルを用いたフレーズ語彙サイズテストにおける妥当性の検証 ; ラッシュ ソクテイ オ モチイタ フレーズ ゴイ サイズ テスト ニ オケル ダトウセイ ノ ケンショウ
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Rhyming in the context of the phonological awareness of pre-school children ; Rima v kontekstu fonološke ozaveščenosti predšolskih otrok
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In: CEPS Journal 11 (2021) 1, S. 115-138 (2021)
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