אפקה - המכללה האקדמית להנדסה בתל אביב | תערוכת פרויקטי גמר 2014 - קטלוג פרויקטים - page 120

Student name:
KatiaRaichlin
Department:
Medical Engineering
Advisor name:
Dr. Zehava Blechman
Application forMeasuringSpeechRate (PartA)
• Stuttering is characterized by:
word repetitions, syllable
repetitions, prolongation of
sounds and blocking or
hesitation beforeword
completion
.
• Adults, who stutter can learn
various techniques to control
and improve their speech
fluency. To that end, they are
commonly required to either
slowor modify their speaking
rate, and becomeawareof it, as
they produce speech
spontaneously.
• Avalidand useful way to
quantify client’s speaking rate is
by calculating the number of
phonemes during practice
withina fixed time.
Background
To develop an application for
smartphone (Android) which
monitors in real time the rate of
speech of a patient and presents
him the results both graphically
and numerically.
Objective
• Real timeanalysis of the voice
input; the resultswould be
presented less than 15
seconds from real time
speech.
• Recognition of at least 70% of
real number of phonemes.
Requirements
Innovation
Amulti-disciplinary project
based on cooperation between
medical engineering and software
engineering departments.
1. Thepatientbegins
his training.The
algorithmcalculates
andpresentshim, in
real time, the
numberof
phonemeswithin
fixed time.
2. Patient’s
recordingsare
storedona cloud
andare
uploaded to
therapist’s
website.
3.
The therapist
sendshispatients
real-timefeedback
and instructions
regardingtheir
trainings.
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