Speech communication and speech-language pathology
Presentation
The mission of the division is to do research works in the fields of automatic speech processing, and voice and speech pathology. Several research projects were carried out at the division, including: an automatic Arabic reader of text and number Arphon, a software for automatic dictation learning for primary school children Dictar, as well as acoustic analyzes of Arabic sounds and phenomena of emphasis and gemination in Arabic language.
Director of the department
Kamel Ferrat
Research Interests
Man-machine dialogue
Language disorders, diagnosis and rehabilitation
Language disorders and cognition
Automatic treatment of pathological speech
Experimental Phonetics
Talking Softwares.
Objectives
Automatic speech processing (automatic synthesis and recognition of speech …)
Arabic phonetics
Acoustical and physiological analysis of Arabic sounds and speech disorders
Design and implementing of adequate computer tools for speech analysis
Design and implementing of a sound database for the Arabic language
Study and diagnosis of language and cognitive disorders
Realization of clinical studies for various learning disabilities, including aphasia, by performing diagnostic programs for disorders and appropriate rehabilitation techniques
Research teams
Human-machine dialogue team
This team is working on the project entitled “Oral Resources for Arabic Language”
Team members
Khoudir Benbellil
Research associate
Ghania Droua Hamdani
Research professor (A)
Khadidja Boubaker
Research associate
Youcef Bentercia
Research professor (B)
Language pathology, from diagnosis to reeducation team
This team is working on the project entitled “Construction of a diagnostic program in Arabic for children with dyslexia”
Team members
Fouzia Badaoui
Research professor (A)
Kahina Lettad
Research professor (B)
Widad Zaki
Research associate
Language pathology and cognition team
This team is working on the project entitled “Realization of a computer program for the diagnosis and rehabilitation of language disorders for children with learning disabilities”
Team members
Assia Boumaraf
Research professor (A)
Ouerdia Arab
Research associate
Sarah Reggas
Research associate
Automatic precessing of pathological speech team
This team is working on the project entitled “Assessment and taking care of verbal communication disorders via automatic processing”
Team members
Kamel Ferrat
Research professor (A)
Khaled Baazi
Research associate
Experimental phonetics team
This team is working on the project entitled “Realization of a database in experimental phonetics”
Team members
Nawel Behloul
Research associate
Abdelkader Delmadji
Research associate
Talking softwares "TTS" team
This team is working on the project entitled “EXPRESSER 1.0”
Team members
Benaissa Kebir
Research professor (A)
Aissa Amrouche
Research professor (B)
Ismahene Baadji
Research associate