Classification Techniques for Medical Image Analysis and Computer Aided Diagnosis

Chapter 4

Characterization of stuttering dysfluencies using distinctive prosodic and source features

P. Mahesha^⁎; D.S. Vinod^{†    ⁎} Department of Computer Science and Engineering, JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru, India^† Department of Information Science and Engineering, JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru, India

Abstract

Stuttering is a primary speech disorder that basically affects the speech fluency of people who suffer from this disorder. It is epitomized by involuntary abnormal speech disruptions called dysfluencies in the natural progression of speech. It is essential to measure dysfluencies to recognize the existence of the disorder and to establish its severity. In order to assess speech intelligibility, source ...