In this paper, we present a concept spotting approach using manifold machine learning techniques for robust spoken language understanding. The goal of this approach is to find proper values for pre-defined slots of given meaning representation. Especially we propose a voting-based selection using multiple classifiers for robust spoken language understanding. This approach proposes no full level...

Speech produced by subjects during neuropsychological exams can provide markers other than test performance, via spoken language characteristics that discriminate between subject groups. We present preliminary results on the utility of such markers, automatically derived from spoken responses to narrative recall tests, in discriminating between healthy elderly and subjects with Mild Cognitive I...

The goal of this research is to develop a spoken language system that will demonstrate the usefulness of voice input for interactive problem solving. The system will accept continuous speech, and will handle multiple speakers without explicit speaker enrollment. Combining speech recognition and natural language processing to achieve speech understanding, the system will be demonstrated in an ap...

This paper describes a test collection (benchmark data) for retrieval systems driven by spoken queries. This collection was produced in the subtask of the NTCIR-3 Web retrieval task, which was performed in a TREC-style evaluation workshop. The search topics and document collection for the Web retrieval task were used to produce spoken queries and language models for speech recognition, respecti...

An experiment is reported that investigated factors that might contribute to age differences in the ability to process spoken language under conditions of competition from various types of background noise. Age differences in recall of spoken sentences were shown to depend on the type of background noise as well as its intensity. Increased intensity levels of just one competing speaker produced...

OBJECTIVE To examine spoken language outcomes in children undergoing bilateral cochlear implantation compared with matched peers undergoing unilateral implantation. DESIGN Case-control, frequency-matched, retrospective cross-sectional multicenter study. SETTING Two Belgian and 3 Dutch cochlear implantation centers. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-five children with 1 cochlear implant matched with 25 ...

Materials evaluation studies have constantly demonstrated that there is no one fixed procedure for conducting textbook evaluation studies. Instead, the criteria must be selected according to the needs and objectives of the context in which evaluation takes place. The speaking skill as part of the communicative competence has been emphasized as an important objective in language teaching. The pr...

Why is breathing relevant in linguistics? In this review, we approach question from different perspectives. The most popular view that adapts to speech because respiratory behavior has astonishing flexibility. We review research shows pauses occur mostly at meaningful places, cognitive load during perception, and communicative needs dialogue. However, may also adapt (e.g., the larynx can compen...