Disordered Speech | Fenqi Wang

Speech changes are often among the earliest signs of neurodegenerative disease. At Mayo Clinic, I develop AI pipelines to analyze speech from individuals with conditions such as apraxia of speech and dysarthria, identifying acoustic and temporal markers linked to cognitive and motor decline. By modeling features such as articulation, vocal quality, and prosody, our research aims to develop scalable, non-invasive tools for early detection and continuous monitoring of neurological disorders.

Related Publications

2026

CLP

Deep learning-derived measures of sound-level accuracy in primary progressive apraxia of speech: A feasibility pipeline with descriptive evidence from two cases

Fenqi Wang, John R. Duffy, Ashley D. Bachman, Leland R. Barnard, Hugo. Botha, and Rene L. Utianski

Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2026

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@article{wang2026soundlevelaccuracy,
  title = {Deep learning-derived measures of sound-level accuracy in primary progressive apraxia of speech: A feasibility pipeline with descriptive evidence from two cases},
  author = {Wang, Fenqi and Duffy, John R. and Bachman, Ashley D. and Barnard, Leland R. and Botha, Hugo. and Utianski, Rene L.},
  journal = {Clinical Linguistics \& Phonetics},
  pages = {1--19},
  year = {2026},
  section = {Related Publications},
  doi = {10.1080/02699206.2026.2639397},
  bibtex_show = {true}
}

2025

BSMCS

Using AI to detect articulatory modulations under delayed auditory feedback in PPAOS

Fenqi Wang, Hugo Botha, and Rene L. Utianski

In The 5th Biennial Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium, 2025

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@inproceedings{wang2025ppaos,
  title = {Using AI to detect articulatory modulations under delayed auditory feedback in PPAOS},
  author = {Wang, Fenqi and Botha, Hugo and Utianski, Rene L.},
  booktitle = {The 5th Biennial Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium},
  year = {2025},
  section = {Related Publications},
  bibtex_show = {true}
}

ASA

Deep learning-driven phonetic profiling of dysarthric speech

Fenqi Wang^†, Rene L. Utianski, Joseph R. Duffy, David T. Jones, and Hugo Botha

In The 188th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{wang2025dysarthria,
  title = {Deep learning-driven phonetic profiling of dysarthric speech},
  author = {Wang<sup>†</sup>, Fenqi and Utianski, Rene L. and Duffy, Joseph R. and Jones, David T. and Botha, Hugo},
  booktitle = {The 188th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America},
  year = {2025},
  section = {Related Publications},
  bibtex_show = {true}
}