OTOtherOccupational therapy international2022

Application of Ontology Matching Algorithm Based on Linguistic Features in English Pronunciation Quality Evaluation.

Shan Zhu

PMID 35844241

WHAT IT FOUND

This paper describes a computer algorithm for scoring English pronunciation and has been retracted.

It contains no clinical data, patient outcomes, or therapy techniques, so there is nothing here to change your practice.

What this paper is

This is a retracted technical paper describing a computer algorithm for evaluating English pronunciation. It reports no clinical outcomes, does not involve patients or therapists, and contains no evidence that can be applied to physical, occupational, or speech-language therapy practice.

The easy way to misread this

Do not assume this is a clinical study on speech therapy or pronunciation disorders. It is a computer science paper about an algorithm that has been retracted, meaning its findings are invalid and it has no place in clinical decision-making.

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