Voice pitch control using tactile feedback to assist singing of deaf-blind and hearing impaired persons

• Project/Area Number: 21500896
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Tsukuba University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: SAKAJIRI Masatsugu 筑波技術大学, 保健科学部, 准教授 (70412963)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 歌唱訓練 / 発話訓練 / 盲ろう / 聴覚障害 / 触覚ディスプレイ / 音声ピッチ

Research Abstract

The aim of this research is to develop and to evaluate a voice pitch control system using tactile feedback to assist singing of deaf-blind and hearing impaired persons who cannot perceive their voice pitch frequency. The results of experiment show that two deaf-blind subjects in this study can sing a song with as much accuracy as hearing adults and hearing children. The results also show that voice pitch control by proprioceptive feedback (feedback of muscular sensation and so on) is to be accurate using our system.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Development of voice pitch control system using two dimensional tactile display for the deafblind or the hearing impaired persons (2012)
  • Author(s): M.Sakajiri
  • Journal Title: NTUT Education of Disabilities Volume: Vol.9 Pages: 9-12
  • NAID: 120003043089
• [Journal Article] Voice Pitch Control Ability of Hearing Persons With or Without Tactile Feedback Using a Two-Dimensional Tactile Display System (2011)
  • Author(s): M. Sakajiri, S. Miyoshi, K. Nakamura, S. Fukushima, T. Ifukube
  • Journal Title: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Pages: 1069-1073
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Voice Pitch Control Ability of Hearing Persons With or Without Tactile Feedback Using a Two-Dimensional Tactile Display System (2011)
  • Author(s): M.Sakajiri
  • Journal Title: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Pages: 1069-1073
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of voice pitch control system using two dimensional tactile display for the deafblind or the hearing impaired persons (2011)
  • Author(s): Masatsugu Sakajiri
  • Journal Title: NTUT Education of Disabilities Volume: 9 Pages: 9-12
  • NAID: 120003043089
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Voice Pitch Control Using Tactile Feedback for the Deafblind or the Hearing Impaired persons to assist their singing (2010)
  • Author(s): M. Sakajiri, S. Miyoshi, K. Nakamura, S. Fukushima, T. Ifukube
  • Journal Title: 2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Pages: 1483-1487
  • NAID: 10026095295
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 触覚フィードバックを用いた音声ピッチ制御方式による盲ろう者の歌唱訓練 (2010)
  • Author(s): 坂尻正次, 三好茂樹, 中邑賢龍, 福島智, 伊福部達
  • Journal Title: ライフサポート誌 Volume: Vol.22, No.4 Pages: 3-10
  • NAID: 10029238461
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 触覚フィードバックを用いた音声ピッチ制御方式による盲ろう者の歌唱訓練 (2010)
  • Author(s): 坂尻正次
  • Journal Title: ライフサポート誌 Volume: 22 Pages: 3-10
  • NAID: 10029238461
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Voice pitch control using tactile feedback for the deafblind or the hearing impaired persons to assist their singing (2010)
  • Author(s): Masatsugu Sakajiri
  • Journal Title: 2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Pages: 1483-1487
  • NAID: 10026095295
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 盲ろう者・聴覚障害者の歌唱支援ための触覚フィードバックによる音声ピッチ制御 (2009)
  • Author(s): 坂尻正次, 三好茂樹, 伊福部達
  • Journal Title: ヒューマンインタフェース学会誌論文誌 Volume: Vol.11, No.4 Pages: 311-319
  • NAID: 10026095295
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 盲ろう者・聴覚障害者の歌唱支援ための触覚フィードバックによる音声ピッチ制御 (2009)
  • Author(s): 坂尻正次
  • Journal Title: ヒューマンインタフェース学会誌論文誌 11 Pages: 311-319
  • NAID: 10026095295
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 盲ろう者・聴覚障害者の歌唱支援のためのバリアフリー技術-触覚フィードバックによる音程制御- (2009)
  • Author(s): 坂尻正次
  • Journal Title: 第7回生活支援工学系学会連合大会講演論文集 (CD-ROM収録)
• [Journal Article] 盲ろう者・聴覚障害者の歌唱支援のための触覚フィードバックによる音声ピッチ制御の訓練効果 (2009)
  • Author(s): 坂尻正次
  • Journal Title: 第35回感覚代行シンポジウム講演論文集 Pages: 5-8
• [Presentation] 2次元触覚ディスプレイによる音声ピッチ制御 (2011)
  • Author(s): 坂尻正次,三好茂樹,中邑賢龍,福島智,伊福部達
  • Organizer: 第34回多値論理フォーラム
  • Place of Presentation: つくば国際会議場(茨城県つくば市)
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-18
• [Presentation] 2次元触覚ディスプレイによる音声ピッチ制御 (2011)
  • Author(s): 坂尻正次
  • Organizer: 多値論理研究ノート
  • Place of Presentation: つくば国際会議場(茨城県)
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-18