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Liam Barrett
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Our new paper is out now! 📝💬

We found that different stutter types are linked to specific phonological features: WWRs mainly on function words (vowel onsets), while prolongations, PWRs & breaks target content words.

dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460...

#stuttering #speech
Phoneme Manner Types and Function and Content Words as Biomarkers for Different Types of Stutters in Speakers Who Continue to Stutter
Background / Aims This study addressed whether or not manner of phonemes at the onset of function and content words is linked to different types of stutter. Methods & Procedures Sixty-six spontane...
dx.doi.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:48 PM
liambarrett26.bsky.social
Continued under estimation of hearing loss - but how can we change this?

- AI?
- Awareness
- Remote testing?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#hearing #sensorineural #health
Millions of older Britons likely to have undiagnosed sight and hearing problems, study finds
Those affected at risk of falls, mental ill-health and leading socially restricted lives, say doctors
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
liambarrett26.bsky.social
New paper out in Ear and Hearing!
We systematically reviewed how AI can help identify different types of #SensorineuralHearingLoss - turns out we need better methods before AI can truly transform hearing care 🦻
Big thanks to my co-authors! 🙏
@uclbrainscience.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/sr-snhl-ai
#AI
Uncovering Phenotypes in Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A... : Ear and Hearing
Unsupervised machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence (AI), offers a promising solution to this issue. However, no study has yet compared the outcomes of different AI models in this conte...
tinyurl.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Let's kick this off with an "oldie" from 2024 where we first document the length of different types of stutters in a stuttered speech corpus from with with @kevintang.org & the UCL Speech Lab

doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Frontiers | Comparison of performance of automatic recognizers for stutters in speech trained with event or interval markers
Automatic recognition of stutters (ARS) and their type from audio recordings should improve objective analysis of such speech and promote use of assistive te...
doi.org
September 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM