This paper describes a framework and a method with which speech communication can be analyzed. The framework consists of a set of low bit rate, short-range acoustic communication systems, such as speech, but that are quite different from speech. The method is to systematically compare these systems according to different objective functions such as data rate, computational overhead, psychoacous...

Speech Enhancement can be used as a preprocessing technique in any of the speech communication systems. Speech communication involves a speaker, listener and communication device. The background noise present in the speech signal while transmitting has to be removed from the noisy speech signal to increase the signal intelligibility and to minimize the listener fatigue. The proposed approach is...

Every person in the world want to share their information, thoughts from one person to another. So communication plays very important role into that. Speech is the primary means of communication. Hindi is very popular and well known language of India. Everybody understands and speak and write easily. Our System developed for Hindi Text to Speech and Speech to Text Conversion mainly into the Hin...

In this paper, we review our recent research on technologies for processing body-conducted speech detected with Non-Audible Murmur (NAM) microphone. NAM microphone enables us to detect various types of body-conducted speech such as extremely soft whisper, normal speech, and so on. Moreover, it is robust against external noise due to its noise-proof structure. To make speech communication more u...

BACKGROUND Rhythmic disturbances are a hallmark of motor speech disorders, in which the motor control deficits interfere with the outward flow of speech and by extension speech understanding. As the functions of rhythm are language-specific, breakdowns in rhythm should have language-specific consequences for communication. OBJECTIVE The goals of this paper are to (i) provide a review of the c...

UNLABELLED This study investigated the effects of noise and filtering on the intelligibility of speech produced during simultaneous communication (SC). Four normal hearing, experienced sign language users were recorded under SC and speech alone (SA) conditions speaking Boothroyd's forced-choice phonetic contrast material designed for measurement of speech intelligibility. Twenty-four normal hea...

Communication disorders occur across all age groups of people and often show first signs of appearing in children. These can range from problems in comprehension of speech to expression of speech to the point that it interferes with an individuals achievement and/or quality of life. Communication disorders can compromise a persons psychological, sociological, educational and vocational growth. ...

evaluation of communication abilities in the elderly is crucial for activities which will be performed to improve their quality of life. a valid and reliable questionnaire is needed for assessing communication abilities. we aimed to translate and validate the speech, spatial, and qualities of hearing scale (ssq) in iran. the forward-backward procedure was applied to translate the questionnaire ...

Laryngectomee patients lose their ability to produce speech sounds and suffer in their daily communication. There are currently limited communication options for these patients. Silent speech interfaces (SSIs), which recognize speech from articulatory information (i.e., without using audio information), have potential to assist the oral communication of persons with laryngectomy or other speech...

In the context of the polyparadigmatic system of higher education, the noospheric psychological-pedagogical paradigm is considered, on its basis a lingvodidactic model is developed for the formation of professional-communicative competence (PCC) in Russian-language business communication among foreign students. The research focuses on the basic principles of the noospheric paradigm, which procl...