Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- DSM-5(also: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-IV, DSM)
- The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is the standard classification system used by clinicians and researchers to diagnose mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions. The current edition (DSM-5-TR,…
- Glasgow Coma Scale(also: GCS)
- A standardized neurological assessment scale used to evaluate the severity of brain injuries by measuring three aspects of responsiveness: eye opening (1-4 points), verbal response (1-5 points), and motor response (1-6 points), yielding a total score from 3 to 15. A GCS score of…
- Goodness of Pronunciation(also: GOP, GOP Score)
- A computational measure used in automatic speech recognition to assess how closely a spoken utterance matches expected pronunciation patterns. GOP scores are calculated by comparing phone sequences from unrestricted ASR against forced alignment to the actual word sequence. In…
- Pragmatic Language(also: Pragmatics, Social Language)
- The aspect of language that deals with how context, social norms, and communicative intent shape how language is used and interpreted in real social interactions. Pragmatic language skills include understanding conversational turn-taking, using appropriate backchanneling,…
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