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Validation of the Magneto-articulography for the Assessment of Speech Kinematics (MASK) System and Testing for Use in a Clinical Research Setting

A novel technology, the Magneto-articulography for the Assessment of Speech Kinematics (MASK) system, which measures brain activity and oromotor movement simultaneously, was validated for its speech tracking capabilities. MASK has not been systematically tested, so its movement tracking accuracy and practicality for research was still unknown.
An error testing and mapping protocol is developed to validate MASK accuracy against established electromagnetic articulography (EMA) speech tracking systems. Data from human speech experiments are also compared.
MASK exhibited higher positional error and fluctuation than EMA, and more inconsistent distribution of errors. Error mapping and potential error correction protocols were also developed. MASK spatial and temporal resolutions were found insufficient for precise tracking of small and quick articulatory movements.
MASK requires much improvement to reach the capabilities of EMA. Further investigation into numerical instabilities of the position calculation algorithms is encouraged. This project provides the first assessment of MASK, which may advance speech research for future applications.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OTU.1807/43001
Date03 December 2013
CreatorsLau, Calvin
Contributorsvan Lieshout, Pascal, Cheyne, Doug, Chau, Tom
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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