Design and Implementation of a Hands-Free Electrolarynx Device Controlled by Neck Strap Muscle Electromyographic Activity

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 325-332

  Goldstein, Ehab A ^a   Heaton, James T ^b   Kobler, James B ^b   Stanley, Garrett B ^c   Hillman, Robert E ^b  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Prosthesis; Voice

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

ELECTROLARYNX (EL) VOICE PROSTHESIS; VOICE REACTION TIME;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DEVICE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MALE; MECHANICS; NECK; NECK MUSCLE; PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEA; VOICE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 1642553285     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.820373     Document Type: Article

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