Sound-Based Assistive Technology Support to Hearing, Speaking and Seeing /

• Main Author: Ifukube, Tohru (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Ophthalmology.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Acoustics.; Acoustical engineering.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Engineering Acoustics.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

This book "Sound-based Assistive Technology" explains a technology to help speech-, hearing- and sight-impaired people. They might benefit in some way from an enhancement in their ability to recognize and produce speech or to detect sounds in their surroundings. Additionally, it is conside...

Table of Contents:

• Basis for Sound-Based Assistive Technology
• Sound Signal Processing for Auditory Aids
• Functional Electrical Stimulation to Auditory Nerves
• Tactile Stimulation Methods for the Deaf and/or Blind
• Speech Recognition Systems for the Hearing Impaired and the Elderly
• Assistive Tool Design for Speech Production Disorders
• Sound Information Aiding for the Visually Impaired.