Can AI Listen to Children? Stanford Launches First Pediatric Speech-Language Pathology Benchmark

Stanford AI Lab has unveiled SLP-Helm, the first comprehensive benchmark designed to evaluate the performance of AI in pediatric speech-language pathology (SLP). This research tested 15 different AI models across five diagnostic tasks.

The findings revealed that current AI technologies are not yet ready for clinical deployment. Notably, significant biases were identified among the models, and numerous unexpected failures were observed. However, the study also suggests that targeted fine-tuning shows promising improvements in AI performance.

This benchmark marks a crucial step in understanding the current state of AI in pediatric SLP and guiding future development. The research team outlines the challenges and potential for AI to be utilized more safely and effectively.

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