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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
Terrance D. Paul, Boulder, CO (US);
Dongxin D. Xu, Boulder, CO (US);
Sharmistha S. Gray, Thornton, CO (US);
Umit Yapanel, Superior, CO (US);
Jill S. Gilkerson, Boulder, CO (US);
Jeffrey A. Richards, Boulder, CO (US);
Terrance D. Paul, Boulder, CO (US);
Dongxin D. Xu, Boulder, CO (US);
Sharmistha S. Gray, Thornton, CO (US);
Umit Yapanel, Superior, CO (US);
Jill S. Gilkerson, Boulder, CO (US);
Jeffrey A. Richards, Boulder, CO (US);
Lena Foundation, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the system and method for expressive language development; a method for detecting autism in a natural language environment using a microphone, sound recorder, and a computer programmed with software for the specialized purpose of processing recordings captured by the microphone and sound recorder combination; and the computer programmed to execute a method that includes segmenting an audio signal captured by the microphone and sound recorder combination using the computer programmed for the specialized purpose into a plurality recording segments. The method further includes determining which of the plurality of recording segments correspond to a key child. The method also includes extracting acoustic parameters of the key child recordings and comparing the acoustic parameters of the key child recordings to known acoustic parameters for children. The method returns a determination of a likelihood of autism.