Automated morphological analysis of clinical language samples

Kyle Gorman; Steven Bedrick; Géza Kiss; Eric Morley; Rosemary Ingham; Metrah Mohammad; Katina Papadakis; Jan P.H. van Santen

Automated morphological analysis of clinical language samples

Kyle Gorman, Steven Bedrick, Géza Kiss, Eric Morley, Rosemary Ingham, Metrah Mohammad, Katina Papadakis, Jan P.H. van Santen

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Abstract

Quantitative analysis of clinical language samples is a powerful tool for assessing and screening developmental language impairments, but requires extensive manual transcription, annotation, and calculation, resulting in error-prone results and clinical underutilization. We describe a system that performs automated morphological analysis needed to calculate statistics such as the mean length of utterance in morphemes (MLUM), so that these statistics can be computed directly from orthographic transcripts. Estimates of MLUM computed by this system are closely comparable to those produced by manual annotation. Our system can be used in conjunction with other automated annotation techniques, such as maze detection. This work represents an important first step towards increased automation of language sample analysis, and towards attendant benefits of automation, including clinical greater utilization and reduced variability in care delivery.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology
Subtitle of host publication	From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop
Publisher	Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Pages	108-116
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781941643433
State	Published - 2015
Event	2nd Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Denver, United States Duration: Jun 5 2015 → …

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Name	2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop

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Conference	2nd Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	6/5/15 → …

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computational Theory and Mathematics
Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Gorman, K., Bedrick, S., Kiss, G., Morley, E., Ingham, R., Mohammad, M., Papadakis, K., & van Santen, J. P. H. (2015). Automated morphological analysis of clinical language samples. In 2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop (pp. 108-116). (2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop). Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL).

Automated morphological analysis of clinical language samples. / Gorman, Kyle; Bedrick, Steven; Kiss, Géza et al.
2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop. Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2015. p. 108-116 (2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Gorman, K, Bedrick, S, Kiss, G, Morley, E, Ingham, R, Mohammad, M, Papadakis, K & van Santen, JPH 2015, Automated morphological analysis of clinical language samples. in 2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop. 2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop, Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), pp. 108-116, 2nd Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015, Denver, United States, 6/5/15.

Gorman K, Bedrick S, Kiss G, Morley E, Ingham R, Mohammad M et al. Automated morphological analysis of clinical language samples. In 2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop. Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). 2015. p. 108-116. (2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop).

Gorman, Kyle ; Bedrick, Steven ; Kiss, Géza et al. / Automated morphological analysis of clinical language samples. 2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop. Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2015. pp. 108-116 (2nd Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: From Linguistic Signal to Clinical Reality, CLPsych 2015 - Proceedings of the Workshop).

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