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Collapsed speech segment detection and suppression for WaveNet vocoder

open access: yes, 2018
In this paper, we propose a technique to alleviate the quality degradation caused by collapsed speech segments sometimes generated by the WaveNet vocoder.
Hayashi, Tomoki   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Monaural Singing Voice Separation with Skip-Filtering Connections and Recurrent Inference of Time-Frequency Mask

open access: yes, 2017
Singing voice separation based on deep learning relies on the usage of time-frequency masking. In many cases the masking process is not a learnable function or is not encapsulated into the deep learning optimization.
Bengio, Yoshua   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstruction of Phonated Speech from Whispers Using Formant-Derived Plausible Pitch Modulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Whispering is a natural, unphonated, secondary aspect of speech communications for most people. However, it is the primary mechanism of communications for some speakers who have impaired voice production mechanisms, such as partial laryngectomees, as ...
Beigi Homayoon   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
wiley   +1 more source

Unsupervised Transfer Learning for Spoken Language Understanding in Intelligent Agents

open access: yes, 2018
User interaction with voice-powered agents generates large amounts of unlabeled utterances. In this paper, we explore techniques to efficiently transfer the knowledge from these unlabeled utterances to improve model performance on Spoken Language ...
Goyal, Anuj   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A Prospective Study of Individuals at Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Informs the Design of Primary Prevention Studies

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective In multiple sclerosis, the optimal time for deploying a therapeutic intervention is before the central nervous system is damaged; given the success of trials treating the earliest stage of MS, the radiologically isolated syndrome, developing primary prevention strategies is an important next challenge.
Amy W. Laitinen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Contribution of Hatha Yoga Poses "Cobra, Downward Facing Dog, Four-Limbed Staff Pose" to the Appoggio Technique

open access: yesKonservatoryum
The aim of this study is to theoretically reveal the gains that can be obtained with the correct use of three different yoga poses: cobra pose, downward facing dog pose, and four-armed stick pose, which were selected with the motivation that they will ...
Burcu Koşar, Nesibe Özgül Turgay
doaj   +1 more source

Preferences for post‐traumatic osteoarthritis prevention strategies in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament injury

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent post‐traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury.
Kevin Kennedy   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Speech Enhancement

open access: yes, 2018
When video is shot in noisy environment, the voice of a speaker seen in the video can be enhanced using the visible mouth movements, reducing background noise.
Gabbay, Aviv   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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