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Lombard speech synthesis using transfer learning in a Tacotron text-to-speech system

, 2019
Currently, there is increasing interest to use sequence-to-sequence models in text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis with attention like that in Tacotron models.
Bajibabu Bollepalli, Paavo Alku, Bollepalli, Bajibabu, Alku, Paavo, Lauri Juvela, Juvela, Lauri   +5 more
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Dysarthric speech classification from coded telephone speech using glottal features

, 2021
This paper proposes a new dysarthric speech classification method from coded telephone speech using glottal features. The proposed method utilizes glottal features, which are efficiently estimated from coded telephone speech using a recently proposed ...
Alku, Paavo, Nonavinakere Prabhakera, Narendra   +1 more
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Hypovitaminosis D, Low Bone Mineral Density, and Diabetes Mellitus as Probable Risk Factors for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo in the Elderly

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020
Introduction Studies have found that elderly patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) may present low levels of vitamin D (25 (OH) D), changes in bone mineral density, and diabetes mellitus (DM).
Jessica Aparecida Bazoni, Daiane Soares Almeida Ciquinato, Audrey de Souza Marquez, Viviane de Souza Pinho Costa, Glória de Moraes Marchiori, Luciana Lozza de Moraes Marchiori   +5 more
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Avoiding distortions due to speech coding and transmission errors [PDF]

, 1999
We have extended our previous research on a new approach to automatic speech recognition (ASR) in the GSM environment. Instead of recognizing from the decoded speech signal, our system works from the digital speech representation used by the GSM encoder.
Valverde Albacete, Francisco José, Gallardo Antolín, Ascensión, F. Valverde-Albacete, F. Diaz-de-Maria, Díaz de María, Fernando, Díaz-de-María, Fernando, Valverde-Albacete, Francisco J., A. Gallardo-Antolin, Gallardo-Antolín, Ascensión   +8 more
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Phonotactic Competency of Bengali Speaking Children with and without Speech-Language Impairment

Journal of Literature and Education
evelopment of phonotactic competency in various contexts of phonological constituents is a prerequisite of effective speech-language competency in the native language.
Istiak Rahman, Nisharggo Nijhum, MD Iftekhar Ahmed Naeem, Jahirul Islam, Masum Billah   +4 more
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Evidence‐Informed Multidisciplinary Consensus Guidance for the Psychosocial Care of Adolescents With High‐Risk Cancer: Recommendations From the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with high‐risk cancer face complex developmental, psychosocial, and ethical challenges that extend beyond disease‐directed treatment. Although international recommendations exist for communication, psychosocial care, pediatric palliative care, survivorship, and shared decision‐making, these have largely evolved within ...
Johanna M. C. Blom, Dorella Scarponi, Giulia Zucchetti, Teresa Perillo, Maria Montanaro, Elisa Marconi, Chiara Rutigliano, Paolo Colavero, Paola Quarello, Marina Bertolotti, Monica Cellini, Carlo Clerici, Maurizio Mascarin, Francesca Bomben, Andrea Ferrari, the expert workgroup   +15 more
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Prevalence of swallowing difficulties in senior citizens: a combined cohort study in North Bengaluru

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
Background As India's aging population continues to grow, there remains a notable gap in empirical data on both self-reported and clinician-evaluated swallowing difficulties among older adults.
Renata Ammu Sajeev, Mereen Rose Babu, Srirangam Vijayakumar Narasimhan, Sandhya Koteshwara   +3 more
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Speaker adaptation and the evaluation of speaker similarity in the EMIME speech-to-speech translation project [PDF]

, 2010
This paper provides an overview of speaker adaptation research carried out in the EMIME speech-to-speech translation (S2ST) project. We focus on how speaker adaptation transforms can be learned from speech in one language and applied to the acoustic ...
Tokuda, Keiichi, Shannon, Matt, Shiota, Sayaka, Wester, Mirjam; id_orcid, Oura, Keiichiro, Gibson, Matthew, Hirsimaki, Teemu, Yamagishi, Junichi, King, Simon; id_orcid, Karhila, Reima, Wu, Yi-Jian, Tian, Jilei, Dines, John, Byrne, William, Saheer, Lakshmi, Liang, Hui, Kurimo, Mikko, Garner, Philip N., Guan, Yong, King, Simon, Wester, Mirjam   +20 more
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End-to-End Optimization of Source Models for Speech and Audio Coding Using a Machine Learning Framework

, 2019
Speech coding is the most commonly used application of speech processing. Accumulated layers of improvements have however made codecs so complex that optimization of individual modules becomes increasingly difficult. This work introduces machine learning
Bäckström, Tom, Tom Bäckström
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source