Graphical Speech Training system for hearing impaired

Children who are born with handicapping hearing loss have limited acoustic speech target with which to imitate and compare their own speech and have to rely on visual cues of phonetic features to learn speech, articulation and to establish orosensory motor control of their speech movements. Computer aided Speech Training plays a significant role in developing speech and language skills of hearing impaired. A user-interactive graphical speech training system for hearing impaired has been discussed in this paper. A GUI has been developed for users of different age groups to learn new words and practice them with the help of visual feedback. The deaf child´s performance is evaluated by the administrator, and visual feedback to be given is chosen accordingly. On integrating this with a robust speech recognition algorithm and by providing animated or game like features in the GUI, the software can motivate the hearing impaired to undergo effective training for longer hours and can polish their communication skills.