Fostering human rights through TalkBank. (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: MacWhinney, Brian; Fromm, Davida; Rose, Yvan; Bernstein Ratner, Nan
• Is Part Of: International journal of speech-language pathology. Volume 20:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 115
• Page End: 119
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Article 19 -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- United Nations -- speech and language analysis -- speech and language disorders -- aphasia -- stuttering -- phonological disorders -- speech sound disorders; Speech disorders -- Periodicals; Language disorders -- Periodicals; Speech therapy -- Periodicals; 616.855005
• DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2018.1392609
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1754-9507

Abstract

Abstract: In accord with articles 19 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, people with speech and language disorders have the right to receive maximal benefit from academic research on speech and language acquisition and disorders. To evaluate the diverse nature of speech and language disorders, this research must have access to large datasets, as well as to refined tools for the systematic analysis of these datasets. The TalkBank system addresses this need by providing researchers with thousands of hours of open-access database archives of digital audio, video and transcript files documenting typical and disordered language use in dozens of languages and cultures. In this paper, we review the TalkBank system, with an emphasis on the AphasiaBank, PhonBank and FluencyBank databases. We describe how specialised assessment tools can be used to study issues in speech and language acquisition and disorders recorded within these databases. We then provide illustrations of how assessments support the needs of researchers, clinicians, developers, and educators, whose combined work contributes solutions for people with speech, language and language learning disorders worldwide.