Developing a Logopaedic Mobile Device Using an FPGA

Abstract

In this paper we will describe a device developed for children with speech disorders caused by bad pronunciation or even by bad hearing of certain phonemes. First, we will define speech fluency and speech fluency disorder. Speech fluency designates the easy and confidant construction of a phonic stream that is understandable to the receiver. Speech fluency disorder points to the elements which significantly impair the construction of the phonic stream and which make understanding by the receiver difficult (a partial definition, illocutionary connector in the form of a metalingual commentary). Speech fluency disorder, so defined, is an inherent quality of stuttering [1].