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- Title
COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENT OF FLUENCY DISORDERS.
- Authors
Goranova, Elka
- Abstract
The Fluency Disorder is not among Communication Disorders preferred by speech therapists on a worldwide scale. The diagnostic instruments are subjective, and the exact and objective data are processed slowly and laboriously (St.Louis et al., 2012). It is impossible to assess the effectiveness of the implemented therapy within the Bulgarian conditions. The reasons are complex but the basic one is the lack of automated processing of the data obtained from the diagnosis instruments. After the repeated listening to the audio scripts, the information is written on paper forms and then, the degree of stuttering severity is manually scored. The purpose of this investigation is to suggest computerized processing of one of the most popular instruments for diagnosing the degree of stuttering severity SSI-4 (Scoring of Stuttering Severity-4): from collecting the data to their complete processing. The audio scripts of individuals who stutter are listened to through the software programme for sound processing Audacity (free Internet access), that allows to create, edit and delete a “trace” with pieces of texts synchronized with the sound length. The text file with the pieces of text is exported directly in MSExcel with no manual typing a text. The whole data processing to scoring the severity and all logopedic parametres of interest are based in the tables. SSI-4 is the best diagnostic instrument that was compared (filling in and processing data following the instructions in the manual) with the computerized variant mentioned here. The computerized processing offers easy, fast and exact scoring and storing of the data with the aim to solve various research problems and tasks. The computerization of the diagnostic instrument SI-4 allows not only the faster data processing and better scoring of stuttering severity, but it also opens new horizons for more intensive scientific research on stuttering.
- Subjects
COMPUTERIZED accounting systems; STUTTERING; COMMUNICATIVE disorders; SPEECH therapy; ELECTRONIC data processing
- Publication
Knowledge: International Journal, 2019, Vol 35, Issue 4, p1159
- ISSN
2545-4439
- Publication type
Article