Perceptual implications of automatic anonymization in pathological speech

ArXi:2505.00409v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Automatic anonymization is increasingly used to enable ethical sharing of clinical speech, yet its perceptual and clinical consequences remain undercharacterized. We present a human-centered evaluation of automatically anonymized pathological speech, using a structured protocol with ten native and non-native German listeners spanning clinical and signal-processing expertise. The cohort comprised 180 German speakers from CLP, Dysarthria, Dysglossia, Dysphonia, and adult and child controls.