STAN: A stuttering therapy analysis helper

TL;DR

STAN is a system designed to assist speech therapists by providing automated feedback during stuttering therapy sessions, reducing their cognitive load and enabling more consistent and analyzable treatment.

Contribution

The paper introduces STAN, a novel system that aids speech therapists with automated feedback, improving therapy consistency and enabling longitudinal analysis.

Findings

Reduces therapist cognitive load during sessions

Enables analysis of stuttering over multiple sessions

Supports personalized therapy approaches

Abstract

Stuttering is a complex speech disorder identified by repeti-tions, prolongations of sounds, syllables or words and blockswhile speaking. Specific stuttering behaviour differs strongly,thus needing personalized therapy. Therapy sessions requirea high level of concentration by the therapist. We introduceSTAN, a system to aid speech therapists in stuttering therapysessions. Such an automated feedback system can lower thecognitive load on the therapist and thereby enable a more con-sistent therapy as well as allowing analysis of stuttering overthe span of multiple therapy sessions.