Naslov
Classification of Child Vocal Behavior for a Robot-Assisted Autism Diagnostic Protocol

Autori
Kokot, Mirko ; Petric, Frano ; Cepanec, Maja ; Miklić, Damjan ; Bejić, Ivan ; Kovačić, Zdenko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation / Mišković, Nikola - : MCA, 2018, 27-32

ISBN
978-1-5386-7891-6

Skup
The 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 19.06.2018. - 22.06.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Autism, robot assisted diagnosis, vocal behaviour, classification

Sažetak
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting an increasing fraction of children, with severe social and economic consequences for affected persons and their families. Including robotic technologies in the diagnostic process could potentially increase its speed and reliability, opening the way towards earlier and more efficient therapy. The diagnostic process requires multimodal interaction, in which the vocal behavior of the child plays an important role. In this paper, we present a method for automatic classification of child vocal behavior, based on supervised learning, which is suitable for real-time execution on an autonomous robot with limited computational resources. The main contribution of the paper is an empirically determined minimal set of sound features, which allow efficient vocal behavior classification of preschool children, relevant in the context of autism diagnostics. The classifier is verified on a dataset combined from publicly accessible audio recordings and recordings collected during diagnostic and therapeutic sessions.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika, Računarstvo, Temeljne tehničke znanosti, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijske znanosti, Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti)

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