Speech impairment is a common and disabling symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD), affecting communication and quality of life. Advances in digital speech processing and artificial intelligence have revolutionized objective speech analysis. Given the complex nature of speech impairment, acoustic speech analysis offers unique biomarkers for neuroprote...
Published in European child & adolescent psychiatry
The 8p23.1 duplication syndrome is a rare genetic condition with an estimated prevalence rate of 1 out of 58,000. Although the syndrome was associated with speech and language delays, a comprehensive assessment of speech and language functions has not been undertaken in this population. To address this issue, the present study reports rigorous spee...
INTRODUCTION: Speech-based testing shows promise for sensitive and scalable objective screening for Alzheimers disease (AD), but research to date offers limited evidence of generalizability. METHODS: Data were taken from the AMYPRED (Amyloid Prediction in Early Stage Alzheimers Disease from Acoustic and Linguistic Patterns of Speech) studies (N = 1...
Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation
The normal functioning of the larynx or voicebox gives humans the ability to converse with others effortlessly. However, if the larynx is permanently removed due to injury or illness, speech cannot be produced. The electrolarynx, a noninvasive device used to produce speech for such persons, has a motor-induced hum which hinders telephone-based comm...
Published in Behavior research methods
This paper introduces the Ghent Semi-spontaneous Speech Paradigm (GSSP), a new method for collecting unscripted speech data for affective-behavioral research in both experimental and real-world settings through the description of peer-rated pictures with a consistent affective load. The GSSP was designed to meet five criteria: (1) allow flexible sp...
Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation
Globally, suicide prevention and understanding suicidal behavior represent significant health challenges. The predictive potential of voice, speech, and language appears as a promising solution to the difficulty in assessment. To analyze variations in acoustic parameters in voice and speech based on vowel types according to different levels of suic...
Published in Oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics of North America
This article explores advancements in functional tongue reconstruction after cancer ablation, focusing on the importance of flap selection, positioning, and volume adjustment to restore speech and swallowing function. It highlights advancements such as the perforator flap concept for customized reconstructions and the transition to dynamic techniqu...
BackgroundBrain-computer interfaces can enable communication for people with paralysis by transforming cortical activity associated with attempted speech into text on a computer screen. Communication with brain-computer interfaces has been restricted by extensive training requirements and limited accuracy.MethodsA 45-year-old man with amyotrophic l...
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Vibravox is a dataset compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) containing audio recordings using five different body-conduction audio sensors : two in-ear microphones, two bone conduction vibration pickups and a laryngophone. The data set also includes audio data from an airborne microphone used as a reference. The Vibravox corp...
