31.1455, Disc: Speech Biomarkers Project

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-1455. Mon Apr 27 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.1455, Disc: Speech Biomarkers Project

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 22:02:35
From: Mark Liberman [myl at upenn.edu]
Subject: Speech Biomarkers Project

 
We've recently rolled out a new web-based experiment for collecting speech
data that can be used to track neurocognitive health. Speech-based tasks have
been part of standard neuropsychological test batteries for many decades,
because speaking engages many psychological and neurological systems, offering
many (sometimes subtle) clues about what might be going wrong.

Some colleagues and I are starting a large-scale project to get speech data of
this general kind: picture descriptions, ''fluency'' tests (e.g. ''how many
words starting with F can you think of in 60 seconds?''), and so on. The idea
is to support research on analysis of such recordings, automated and
otherwise, and to allow psychometric norming of both traditional and
innovative measures, for both one-time and longitudinal administration, across
a diverse population of subjects. We've got IRB approval to publish the
recordings, the transcripts, and basic speaker metadata (age, gender, language
background, years of education). This is just the first step down a long road,
and therefore  it's important to get it started as an open scientific project
rather than a closed commercial effort.

Please donate a few minutes of your time by participating at
https://speechbiomarkers.org -- report any problems or suggestions to
speechbiomarkers at gmail.com -- and spread the word!



Linguistic Field(s): Clinical Linguistics



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