Comparison of speech parameterization techniques for the classification of speech disfluencies

Stuttering assessment through the manual classication of speech disuencies is subjective, inconsistent, of the 2 parameters (LPC order and frame length) in the LPC- and PLP-based methods on the classication results is also investigated. The experimental results reveal that the proposed method can be used to help speech language pathologists in classifying speech disuencies.

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