Isolated word recognition of silent speech using magnetic implants and sensors

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1189-1197

  Gilbert, J M ^a   Rybchenko, S I ^a   Hofe, R ^b   Ell, S R ^c   Fagan, M J ^a   Moore, R K ^b   Green, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laryngectomy; Silent speech interface; Speech recognition; Speech restoration

Indexed keywords

BEST MATCH; COMMAND-AND-CONTROL APPLICATIONS; DYNAMIC TIME WARPING; ISOLATED WORD RECOGNITION; ISOLATED WORDS; LARYNGECTOMY; MAGNETIC IMPLANTS; RECOGNITION RATES; SENSOR SIGNALS; SILENT SPEECH INTERFACE; TRAINING AND TESTING;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; RESTORATION; SENSORS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LINGUISTICS; LIP; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH DISORDER; TONGUE; WORD RECOGNITION;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MAGNETICS; PHONETICS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL; VOCABULARY;

EID: 78449253410     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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