Development of a (silent) speech recognition system for patients following laryngectomy

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 419-425

  Fagan, M J ^a   Ell, S R ^b   Gilbert, J M ^a   Sarrazin, E ^a   Chapman, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laryngectomy; Magnetic sensor; Rehabilitation; Speech recognition; Speech system

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MAGNETIC SENSORS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

LARYNGECTOMY; SPEECH SYSTEM;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; DATA BASE; ELECTRONICS; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX; LIP; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SPEECH; TONGUE; TOOTH;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MINIATURIZATION; MINICOMPUTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SPEECH; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL; SPEECH, ESOPHAGEAL;

EID: 42949175762     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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