SaND
Project Overview
The Speech and Neurological Disease (SaND) research group investigates the effects of neurological disease (such as Alzheimer’s disease) on speech motor control. The SaND group was founded by PhD Candidate Arian Shamei, who currently leads its research agenda under the supervision of Dr. Bryan Gick.
The SaND Group investigates acoustic features that discriminate neurological disease, and the use of machine learning models for clinical detection
Selected Publications
Shamei, A., Liu, Y., & Gick, B. (2022) Cross-linguistic generalizability of acoustic features for Alzheimer’s Disease detection. 8th International Conference of Speech Motor Control, Groningen NL. (Accepted)
Yu, K., Liu, Y., Shamei, A., & Gick B. (2022). Word and phrase duration in mandarin speaking individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(4), A46-A46.
Liu, Y., Shamei, A., Wu, L., & Gick, B. (2021). Prosodic differences in Mandarin speakers with Alzheimer’s disease. Canadian Acoustics 49(3): 54-55.
Ebbutt, N., Shamei, A., Purnomo, C., & Gick, B. (2021). Prosodic characteristics of English speakers with Alzheimer’s disease. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 150, no. 4 (2021): A274-A274.
Wu, L., Shamei, A., Liu, Y., & Gick, B. (2021). Prosodic differences in Mandarin speakers with Alzheimer’s disease. Presented at Acoustics Week in Canada. 2021.
Ebbutt, N., Kang, E., & Wu, L. An Analysis of Vowel Space in English Speakers with Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at the UBC Language Science Undergraduate Research Conference (online). 2021.