SPEECH MOVEMENT RESEARCH WITH AN X-RAY MICROBEAM

该项目的总体目标是开发一种先进的国家 语言生理学研究设施，提供技术能力 目前我国科学家还无法获得的信息。 科学 这一发展背后的基本原理是， 生产需要多变量观测和分析能力， 大量的生理数据。 我们打算完成我们的目标 通过日本开发的X射线的本地重新设计和建造， 微束系统将允许同时观察唇，舌， 下巴和软腭的运动没有辐射暴露的危险通常 与这些观察有关。 拟议的设施还将有 能够同时采样宽带语音声学，EMG从 多个语言肌肉和相关的空气动力学事件和最先进的 计算机处理，显示和建模算法，以优化 对这些数据进行有意义的解释。

The overall objective of this project is the development of an advanced national facility for speech physiology research, providing technological capabilities that currently are not available to scientists in this country. The scientific rationale underlying this development is that the multiple processes of speech production require the capability for multi-variable observation and analysis of large quantities of physiological data. We intend to accomplish our objective through the local re-design and construction of the Japanese-developed X-ray microbeam system which will allow for simultaneous observation of lip, tongue, jaw and soft palate movements without the dangers of radiation exposure usually associated with such observations. The proposed facility will also have the capability for simultaneous sampling wide-band speech acoustics, EMG from multiple speech muscles and associated aerodynamic events and state-of-the-art computer processing, display and modeling algorithms with which to optimize the meaningful interpretation of these data.