LaunchPad Mirror Speech Entrainment: A Personalized, AI-Driven Rehabilitation Tool for Nonfluent Aphasia

Monday, October 27, 2025

4:49 PM - 4:57 PM

Location: ROOM: Waldorf Room >>> DIRECTIONS: Third Floor >>> From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed left. Waldorf is the first room on your left.

Presenter(s)

Gerald C. Imaezue, Ph.D

Assistant Professor
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida, United States
Celine Davis, MS CCC SLP (she/her/hers)

Ph.D Student and Speech-Language Pathologist
University of South Florida Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Tampa, FL, United States

Slides Slides

Discover how Mirror Speech Entrainment (MSE), a novel, AI-driven mobile intervention transforms aphasia rehabilitation by personalizing treatment with a patient’s own face and voice. This session will introduce attendees to the science behind speech entrainment, demonstrate how errorful speech can be converted into errorless training models, and highlight how clinicians can integrate this tool into mHealth interventons. Participants will leave with practical strategies for leveraging personalized, technology-based interventions to improve functional communication outcomes for individuals with nonfluent aphasia.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the principles of speech entrainment and how personalized, AI-driven models enhance language outcomes in persons with nonfluent aphasia.
Upon completion, participant will be able to identify the clinical applications and benefits of using Mirror Speech Entrainment.
Upon completion, participant will be able to discuss how patient-specific face and voice modeling can increase engagement, accessibility, and functional communication outcomes in aphasia rehabilitation.