Using automatic speech recognition to predict speech-in-noise perception for simulated age-related hearing loss Background The most common treatment for hearing loss is the fitting of hearing aids (HAs), based on the patient’s audiometric pure-tone thresholds, to restore the audibility of those sounds the patient is no longer able to hear. However, patient satisfaction and compliance with HA prescription heavily depend
Training Network on Automatic Processing of PAthological Speech Main issues and objectives There are an increasing number of people across Europe with debilitating speech pathologies (e.g., due to stroke, Parkinson’s disease, etc). These groups face communication problems that can lead to social exclusion. They are now being further marginalised by a new wave of speech technology that is increasingly woven
Video analysis for Investigation of Criminal and TerrORIst Activities Main issues and objectives Video material collected and analyzsed by Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have become a critical component in legal investigations following major criminal acts and terrorist attacks. The recent events in London, Nice, Brussels, Paris, Barcelona and Cambrils again prove the importance of these video recordings. At the same
Differential diagnosis between Parkinson’s disease and Multiple System Atrophy using digital speech analysis Main issues and objectives Parkinson’s disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA) are neurodegenerative disorders. The latter belongs to the group of atypical parkinsonian disorders and has a poor prognosis. In early stages of the disease, PD and MSA symptoms are very similar, particularly in MSA-P patients
Intelligent Electronic Device for Measuring Speech Comprehension Main issues and objectives PHONICS aims to extend the application scope of a tool developed in an AGILE-IT project, which involved the same partners. This first project made it possible to develop an automatic presetting solution for hearing aids in order to optimize and guarantee their use by patients suffering from presbycusis. This system will
Carcinologic Speech Severity Index Project Main issues and objectives C2SI: Carcinologic Speech Severity Index. A Speech disorders Severity Index to measure the impact of oral and pharyngeal cavity on speech production. Issue The decreasing mortality of Head and Neck cancers (HNC) highlights the importance to reduce the impact on quality of life (QoL). Nevertheless, the usual tools for assessing QoL
Intelligent electronic device for measuring speech comprehension Main issues and objectives The main goal of this project is the conception and the creation of an electronic device for measuring speech comprehension, intended for hearing aids specialists in France and abroad. Based on the human perceptive and cognitive functioning, this equipment will enable automatic assessments of hearing aids (HA), and help
Description, Indexing, Access to Sound and Ethnomusicological Documents The laboratory of Ethnology and Comparative Sociology (LESC) including the research center of ethnomusicology (CREM) and the center of teaching and research in American Indian Ethnology (EREA) as well as the laboratory of anthropolgy of National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) are dealing with the need to index the audio archives they
Constitution, indexing and enrichment of an environmental sound corpus Corpora of environmental sounds are necessary for scientific studies of human perception and also for the creation of immersive environments (simulation, virtual reality, video games, …). This project aims to provide concrete solutions for the creation, analysis, use, and adaptation of a corpus of sounds. Main issues and objectives CIESS is
Context MediaEval is a benchmarking initiative focusing on the evaluation of new algorithms enabling multimedia access and retrieval. Since 2009, many tasks have been evaluated. MediaEval offers datasets to the research community related to the set of selected tasks, the list of which is updated each year. MediaEval also focuses on the ‘multi’ aspect of multimedia (speech, audio, visual content, tags, users,