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Acoustic Mask for Air Flow Distribution Analysis in Speech Therapy

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Information Technologies in Medicine (ITiB 2016)

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Quantitative analysis of lateral sigmatism is a challenge for contemporary speech therapy. In the paper a prototype of an acquisition device for voice and lateral air flow registration is described. The proposed acoustic mask enables for registration of signal from 7 microphones placed in different positions in the area around the mouth. Tests considering air flows directed centrally and laterally have been conducted. Artificially generated air streams and lateral speech utterances have been considered. Energy distribution analysis has been performed to distinguish the direction of the interferences. The results confirm that the acoustic mask may be used in diagnosis and speech therapy of lateral sigmatism.

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The work has been partially financed by Polish Ministry of Science and Silesian University of Technology statutory financial support for young researchers BKM-508/RAu-3/2016.

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  1. Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Michał Kręcichwost

  2. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland

    Zuzanna Miodońska & Dominik Spinczyk

  3. Cardinal August Hlond University of Education, Myslowice, Poland

    Joanna Trzaskalik

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Kręcichwost, M., Miodońska, Z., Trzaskalik, J., Pyttel, J., Spinczyk, D. (2016). Acoustic Mask for Air Flow Distribution Analysis in Speech Therapy. In: Piętka, E., Badura, P., Kawa, J., Wieclawek, W. (eds) Information Technologies in Medicine. ITiB 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 471. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39796-2_31

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