Publication detail

Neuromechanical Modelling of Articulatory Movements from Surface Electromyography and Speech Formants

GÓMEZ-VILDA, P. GÓMEZ-RODELLAR, A. FERRÁNDEZ VICENTE, J. MEKYSKA, J. PALACIOS-ALONSO, D. RODELLAR-BIARGE, V. ALVAREZ-MARQUINA, A. ELIÁŠOVÁ, I. KOŠŤÁLOVÁ, M. REKTOROVÁ, I.

Original Title

Neuromechanical Modelling of Articulatory Movements from Surface Electromyography and Speech Formants

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Speech articulation is produced by the movements of muscles in the larynx, pharynx, mouth and face. Therefore speech shows acoustic features as formants which are directly related with neuromotor actions of these muscles. The first two formants are strongly related with jaw and tongue muscular activity. Speech can be used as a simple and ubiquitous signal, easy to record and process, either locally or on e-Health platforms. This fact may open a wide set of applications in the study of functional grading and monitoring neurodegenerative diseases. A relevant question, in this sense, is how far speech correlates and neuromotor actions are related. This preliminar study is intended to find answers to this question by using surface electromyographic recordings on the masseter and the acoustic kinematics related with the first formant. It is shown in the study that relevant correlations can be found among the surface electromyographic activity (dynamic muscle behavior) and the positions and first derivatives of the first formant (kinematic variables related to vertical velocity and acceleration of the joint jaw and tongue biomechanical system). As an application example it is shown that the probability density function associated to these kinematic variables is more sensitive than classical features as Vowel Space Area (VSA) or Formant Centralization Ratio (FCR) in characterizing neuromotor degeneration in Parkinson’s Disease.

Keywords

speech neuromotor activity; facial myoelectric activity; dysfluency; dysarthria; Parkinson Disease

Authors

GÓMEZ-VILDA, P.; GÓMEZ-RODELLAR, A.; FERRÁNDEZ VICENTE, J.; MEKYSKA, J.; PALACIOS-ALONSO, D.; RODELLAR-BIARGE, V.; ALVAREZ-MARQUINA, A.; ELIÁŠOVÁ, I.; KOŠŤÁLOVÁ, M.; REKTOROVÁ, I.

Released

1. 3. 2019

ISBN

0129-0657

Periodical

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEURAL SYSTEMS

Year of study

29

Number

2

State

United States of America

Pages from

1850039

Pages to

1850039

Pages count

17

URL

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0129065718500399

BibTex

@article{BUT150822,
  author="GÓMEZ-VILDA, P. and GÓMEZ-RODELLAR, A. and FERRÁNDEZ VICENTE, J. and MEKYSKA, J. and PALACIOS-ALONSO, D. and RODELLAR-BIARGE, V. and ALVAREZ-MARQUINA, A. and ELIÁŠOVÁ, I. and KOŠŤÁLOVÁ, M. and REKTOROVÁ, I.",
  title="Neuromechanical Modelling of Articulatory Movements from Surface Electromyography and Speech Formants",
  journal="INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEURAL SYSTEMS",
  year="2019",
  volume="29",
  number="2",
  pages="1850039--1850039",
  doi="10.1142/S0129065718500399",
  issn="0129-0657",
  url="https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0129065718500399"
}