The ability to speak and communicate with one's voice is a unique human characteristic and
is fundamental to many activities of daily living, such as talking on the phone and speaking …

OBJECTIVE: Patients of laryngeal cancer who have undergone the surgical removal of the
entire larynx suffer the loss of phonation. Electrolarynx (EL) speech is the most commonly …

The physical characteristics of weak body-conducted vocal-tract resonance signals called
non-audible murmur (NAM) and the acoustic characteristics of three sensors developed for …

We introduce StethoSpeech, a silent speech interface that transforms flesh-conducted
vibrations behind the ear into speech. This innovation is designed to improve social …

A large percentage of patients who have undergone laryngectomy to treat advanced
laryngeal cancer rely on an electrolarynx (EL) to communicate verbally. Although …

Electrolarynx (EL) speech provides a valuable means of verbal communication for the
laryngectomees. Yet EL speech tends to be less intelligible speech due to the presence of …

An electrolarynx (EL) is a medical device that generates speech for people who lost their
biological larynx. However, EL speech signals are unnatural and unintelligible due to the …

Persons who have lost their larynx and thus speech functionality need to use a substitution
voice to regain speech. The electro-larynx (EL) is a widely used device but is known for its …

The electrolarynx provides a valuable means of verbal communication for people who
cannot use their natural voice-production mechanism, but technology has changed very little …

Purpose This study examined the effect of fundamental frequency (F0) variation on the
intelligibility of speech in an alaryngeal talker who used an electrolarynx (EL). Method One …