Each year thousands of individuals require surgical removal of the larynx (voice box) due to
trauma or disease, and thereby require an alternative voice source or assistive device to …

Silent speech recognition (SSR) converts nonaudio information such as articulatory
movements into text. SSR has the potential to enable persons with laryngectomy to …

The electrolarynx (EL) is a common rehabilitative speech aid for individuals who have
undergone total laryngectomy, but they typically lack pitch control and require the exclusive …

A silent speech interface (SSI) maps articulatory movement data to speech output. Although
still in experimental stages, silent speech interfaces hold significant potential for facilitating …

An electromyographic (EMG) silent speech recognizer is a system that recognizes speech
by capturing the electric potentials of the human articulatory muscles, thus enabling the user …

This review summarises the status of silent speech interface (SSI) research. SSIs rely on non-
acoustic biosignals generated by the human body during speech production to enable …

Whispered speech can be useful for quiet and private communication, and is the primary
means of unaided spoken communication for many people experiencing voice-box …

Throat cancer treatment involves surgical removal of the tumor, leaving patients with facial
disfigurement as well as temporary or permanent loss of voice. Surface electromyography …

Surgical voice restoration post-laryngectomy has a number of limitations and drawbacks.
The present gold standard involves the use of a tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) valve to …

We present results of electromyographic (EMG) speech recognition on a small vocabulary of
15 English words. EMG speech recognition holds promise for mitigating the effects of high …