Accuracy of Speech Sound Analysis: Comparison of an Automatic Artificial Intelligence Algorithm With Clinician Assessment.

Purpose: Automatic speech analysis (ASA) and automatic speech recognition systems are increasingly being used in the treatment of speech sound disorders (SSDs). When utilized as a home practice tool or in the absence of the clinician, the ASA system has the potential to facilitate treatment gains. However, the feedback accuracy of such systems varies, a factor that may impact these gains.

Individual Differences in Auditory Training Benefits for Hearing Aid Users.

The present study aimed to examine whether individual differences in baseline speech perception could serve as predictors for the effectiveness and generalization of auditory training (AT) to non-trained tasks. Twelve adults, aged 60-75 years with bilateral hearing loss, completed a two-month, home-based, computerized AT program, involving sessions four times per week. Training tasks included the identification of vowel frontal, height, manner of articulation, point of articulation, voicing, and open-set consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.

Assessment of Nutritional Status and Health Perception among Male Inmates in Israeli Prisons.

The nutritional and health perceptions of inmates are crucial to their overall well-being. However, limited research has been conducted on this topic. This study aimed to assess the nutritional and health perception state of male inmates in eleven prisons in Israel.

[THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAMS CONTRIBUTION TO PATIENT SAFETY IN AN ISRAELI PRIVATE HOSPITAL NETWORK].

Aims: Assessing the attitudes and perception of risk management among medical secretaries and their effect on patients' safety in actual patient care, in a semi-private medical network and in a public hospital, to evaluate changes in these attitudes over time.

Background: A hospital is a complex, complicated and a high-risk environment in which, along with other procedures, administrative processes, which are usually performed by the medical secretarial staff, may also have an impact on clinical activities and are prone to errors as well as other hospital activities.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted.

The Speech Efficiency Score (SES): A time-domain measure of speech fluency.

Purpose: This study is a preliminary attempt to evaluate a new speech fluency measure, the Speech Efficiency Score (SES), in comparison with subjective stuttering severity rating scales and stuttered syllable counts (%SS).

Methods: 277 listeners (92 naïve, 39 speech-language pathology (SLP) students, 124 practicing SLPs, and 22 SLPs who specialize in stuttering) evaluated short recordings of speech on an 11-point scale. Recordings were obtained from 56 adults, of whom 20 were people who stutter, 16 were people who stutter who were using fluency-shaping techniques, and 20 were speakers who do not stutter.