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An Agent-based Framework for Speech Investigation [PDF]

, 2013
The 9th International Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Interspeech 2005), Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2005This paper presents a novel agent-based framework for investigating speech recognition which combines statistical data and ...
O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.), Carson-Berndsen, Julie, Walsh, Michael   +2 more
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Addressing challenges in speaker anonymization to maintain utility while ensuring privacy of pathological speech

Communications Medicine
Background Integration of speech into healthcare has intensified privacy concerns due to its potential as a non-invasive biomarker containing individual biometric information.
Soroosh Tayebi Arasteh, Tomás Arias-Vergara, Paula Andrea Pérez-Toro, Tobias Weise, Kai Packhäuser, Maria Schuster, Elmar Noeth, Andreas Maier, Seung Hee Yang   +8 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
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The Effect of Silence Feature in Dimensional Speech Emotion Recognition [PDF]

, 2020
Silence is a part of human-to-human communication, which can be a clue for human emotion perception. For automatic emotion recognition by a computer, it is not clear whether silence is useful to determine human emotion within a speech.
Atmaja, Bagus Tris, Bagus Tris Atmaja, Masato Akagi, Akagi, Masato   +3 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Band-pass filtering of the time sequences of spectral parameters for robust wireless speech recognition [PDF]

, 2006
In this paper we address the problem of automatic speech recognition when wireless speech communication systems are involved. In this context, three main sources of distortion should be considered: acoustic environment, speech coding and transmission ...
Peláez-Moreno, Carmen, Vicente Peña, Jesús de, Gallardo Antolín, Ascensión, J. Vicente-Peña, F. Díaz-de-María, Vicente-Peña, Jesús, Díaz de María, Fernando, Díaz-de-María, Fernando, Peláez Moreno, Carmen, Gallardo-Antolín, Ascensión, C. Peláez-Moreno, A. Gallardo-Antolín   +11 more
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Automatic Speech Recognition Systems for the Evaluation of Voice and Speech Disorders in Head and Neck Cancer

EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing, 2010
In patients suffering from head and neck cancer, speech intelligibility is often restricted. For assessment and outcome measurements, automatic speech recognition systems have previously been shown to be appropriate for objective and quick evaluation of ...
Andreas Maier, Tino Haderlein, Florian Stelzle, Elmar Nöth, Emeka Nkenke, Frank Rosanowski, Anne Schützenberger, Maria Schuster   +7 more
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A user evaluation of speech/phrase recognition software in critically ill patients: a DECIDE-AI feasibility study

Critical Care, 2023
Objectives Evaluating effectiveness of speech/phrase recognition software in critically ill patients with speech impairments. Design Prospective study. Setting Tertiary hospital critical care unit in the northwest of England.
M. Musalia, S. Laha, J. Cazalilla-Chica, J. Allan, L. Roach, J. Twamley, S. Nanda, M. Verlander, A. Williams, I. Kempe, I. I. Patel, F. Campbell-West, B. Blackwood, D. F. McAuley   +13 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Pediatric Patients With Mixed Chimerism After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk, Sebastian Michaelis, Michaela Döring, Thomas Eichholz, Ursula Holzer, Martin Ebinger, Tim Flaadt, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Jan Frederic Weller, Markus Mezger   +10 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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