Towards Precision Characterization of Communication Disorders using Models of Perceived Pragmatic Similarity
<|reference_start|>Towards Precision Characterization of Communication Disorders using Models of Perceived Pragmatic Similarity: The diagnosis and treatment of individuals with communication disorders offers many opportunities for the application of speech technology, but research so far has not adequately considered: the diversity of conditions, the role of pragmatic deficits, and the challenges of limited data. This paper explores how a general-purpose model of perceived pragmatic similarity may overcome these limitations. It explains how it might support several use cases for clinicians and clients, and presents evidence that a simple model can provide value, and in particular can capture utterance aspects that are relevant to diagnoses of autism and specific language impairment.<|reference_end|>
@article{ward2024towards,
    title={Towards Precision Characterization of Communication Disorders using
  Models of Perceived Pragmatic Similarity},
    author={Nigel G. Ward, Andres Segura, Georgina Bugarini, Heike
  Lehnert-LeHouillier, Dancheng Liu, Jinjun Xiong, Olac Fuentes},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.09170},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2409.09170},
    primaryClass={cs.CL}
}