Twenty-five school aged children with normal hearing were tested on their perception of prosody using the receptive prosody subtests of the Profiling Elements of Prosody in Speech-Communication (PEPS-C) and Child Paralanguage subtest of Diagnostic Analysis of Non Verbal Accuracy 2 (DANVA 2). Performance of four children with hearing loss on the two prosody measures was compared with performance...

Influence of paralinguistic information upon articulatory gesture was examined using EMMA record of tongue, jaw and lips. The focus was upon the contrast between “admiration” and “suspicion.” It was found that previously reported contrast in F2 is related to the horizontal displacement of the tongue body and lip aperture control. These articulatory characteristics were observed not only in vowe...

Understanding human emotions and their nonverbal messages is one of the most necessary and important skills for making the next generation of human-computer interfaces (HCI) easier, more natural and effective. Indeed, the first step toward an automatic emotion sensitive human-computer system having the ability to automatically detect users’ nonverbal signals is the development of an accurate an...

In the era of omni-media diversification, process capital chasing for profit has brought about vigorous development media industry, and also revealed obvious trend pan-entertainment. Traditional TV programs strive to embrace "IP + traffic" operation model, so a large number cross-border hosts have came into being. Singers, actors, idols crossed borders host major evening parties, ceremonies var...

behaviors of people with Asperger syndrome, with the intent to give an account of the severity of symptoms in the area of nonverbal interaction, as well as providing a profile of nonverbal behaviors that may be targeted for intervention. Through this communication profile, overall nonverbal ability is calculated in a group of 20 subjects with Asperger syndrome. The proposed scale also includes ...

Non-verbal communication is predominant in the mother-child relation. This study aimed to analyze non-verbal mother-child communication in conditions of maternal HIV. In an experimental environment, five HIV-positive mothers were evaluated during care delivery to their babies of up to six months old. Recordings of the care were analyzed by experts, observing aspects of non-verbal communication,...

Non-verbal communication is predominant in the mother-child relation. This study aimed to analyze non-verbal mother-child communication in conditions of maternal HIV. In an experimental environment, five HIV-positive mothers were evaluated during care delivery to their babies of up to six months old. Recordings of the care were analyzed by experts, observing aspects of non-verbal communication,...