SPEECH MOVEMENT RESEARCH WITH AN X-RAY MICROBEAM

该项目的总体目标是建设一个先进的国家 语音生理学研究设施，提供技术能力 目前在这个国家的科学家是无法获得的。科学的 这一发展的基本原理是，语音的多重过程 生产要求具备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 通过当地重新设计和建造日本研制的X光机 微束系统将允许同时观察嘴唇，舌头， 通常没有辐射危险的下巴和软腭部运动 与这样的观察相关联。拟建的设施还将拥有 同时采样宽带语音声学、肌电信号的能力 多个语音肌肉及其相关的空气动力学事件和最新技术 计算机处理、显示和建模算法，用于优化 对这些数据的有意义的解释。

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.