2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The analysis of unclear vocal articulations of auditory-impaired and the construction of an interactive training system using a talking robot
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21500517
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Kagawa University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 発話ロボット / 発話訓練 / 聴覚障がい者 / 支援技術 / 音声 / 聴覚フィードバック / 自己組織化ニューラルネットワーク / 構音障害 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, a vocalization training system for the auditory-impaired was constructed by applying a talking robot, which has mechanical organs like a human. With an adaptive learning strategy using an auditory feedback control, the robot autonomously learned the human vocalizations, and then reproduced the speech articulations from inputted vocal sounds. By analyzing the acquired relations between vocal articulations and the generated vocal sounds stored in the robot, unclear vocal sounds given by auditory-impaired people were classified, and then particular features were extracted, which were associated with vocal articulations reproduced by the robot. The robot was employed in the speech training for auditory-impaired, and the training results verified the effectiveness of the interactive training employing the robot.
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