Dysarthria detection based on a deep learning model with a clinically-interpretable layer

JASA Express Lett. 2023 Jan;3(1):015201. doi: 10.1121/10.0016833.

Abstract

Studies have shown deep neural networks (DNN) as a potential tool for classifying dysarthric speakers and controls. However, representations used to train DNNs are largely not clinically interpretable, which limits clinical value. Here, a model with a bottleneck layer is trained to jointly learn a classification label and four clinically-interpretable features. Evaluation of two dysarthria subtypes shows that the proposed method can flexibly trade-off between improved classification accuracy and discovery of clinically-interpretable deficit patterns. The analysis using Shapley additive explanation shows the model learns a representation consistent with the disturbances that define the two dysarthria subtypes considered in this work.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Deep Learning*
  • Dysarthria* / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Neural Networks, Computer