Semantic communications could improve the transmission efficiency significantly by exploring semantic information. In this paper, we make an effort to recover transmitted speech signals in communication systems, which minimizes error at level rather than bit or symbol level. Particularly, design a deep learning (DL)-enabled system for signals, named DeepSC-S. order recovery accuracy of especial...

The usefulness of teaching pronunciation in language instruction remains controversial. Though past research suggests that teachers can make little or no difference in improving their students’ pronunciation,  current  findings  suggest  that  second  language  pronunciation  can  improve  to  be near  native-like  with  the  implementation  of  certain  criteria  such  as  the  utilization  of...

Nowadays, intercultural communication via email among various groups and societies has been increasingly important as an aspect of communication. This research aims at investigating aspects of politeness meaning negotiation via emails exchanged between English and Persian speakers with different cultural backgrounds. The present study also reveals the potentials for using emails to experience c...

Speech communication includes many important issues on natural language processing and they are related with desirable advanced speech translation systems. Advanced systems need to be able to handle the interaction for speech communication, pragmatics in speech, and arbitrariness of speech usage. General characteristics of speech communication are discussed. Also the various viewpoints regardin...

(1) Speech Therapist; Master degree student in the area of Human Communication Disorders of the Federal University of Santa Maria. (2) Speech Therapist; Master degree student in the area of Human Communication Disorders of the Federal University of Santa Maria. (3) Speech Therapist; Master in Human Communication Disorders of the Federal University of Santa Maria. (4) Speech Therapist; PhD stude...

Background and Objectives: The mother's knowledge and attitude about the child's developmental norms can affect their practice and the quality of parent-child interaction. The quality of a child's development in the early years significantly impacts their personality and future success. Therefore, this study aims to develop and investigate the psychometric characteristics of the Iranian mother'...

Objectives: Alternative and Augmentative communication ( AAC ) provides a means of effective communication to persons with severe impairments in speech comprehension and production. The aim of this study was to examine the awareness of Iranian speech-language pathologists (SLPs) of AAC services. Methods:  A total of 111 SLPs who were selected by convenience sampling took part in this cross-sec...