Speech and Language Technology for Disabled Persons Stockholm, Sweden May 31 - June 2, 1993

Comparison of Speech Features for Presentation to the Profoundly DEAF

Ian R. Summers (1), Ruth Gray (2)

(1) Medical Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of Exeter, UK
(2) Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Measurements have been made to compare the utility of a variety of speech features (amplitude envelope, voice fundamental frequency, second-formant frequency, zero-crossing frequency), and a control based on the output of the TAM aid, for presentation to the profoundly deaf as an aid to speech reception. Segmental information was conveyed adequately by all five signals; suprasegmental (stress) information was conveyed very well by voice fundamental frequency, and significantly less well by the other signals.

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Bibliographic reference.  Summers, Ian R. / Gray, Ruth (1993): "Comparison of speech features for presentation to the profoundly DEAF", In SLTDP-93, 27-30.