Losing the ability to speak after a brain injury or due to disease leaves a person unable to express their thoughts, feelings and ideas, and can be incredibly isolating. In two recently published ...

More and more, we can get computers to do things for us by talking to them. A computer can call your mother when you tell it to, find you a pizza place when you ask for one, or write out an email that ...

Many people with Lou Gehrig's disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs. That's not Pat Bennett. She can move just fine. She ...

Phonetics and speech science encompass the systematic study of the sounds produced by the human vocal apparatus and their subsequent transmission, perception and cognitive processing. Bridging the ...

The brain surgeon began as he always does, making an incision in the scalp and gently spreading it apart to expose the skull. He then drilled a 3-inch circular opening through the bone, down to the ...

More from Hearing Healthcare of Virginia: Online at www.VirginiaHearingAids.com. If you are curious, a “speech banana” is not an audiologist’s afternoon snack.The thing that the “speech banana” ...

We go back in the NPR archives to find a 30-year-old progress report on the development of computer speech from NPR correspondent Ira Flatow. Things have come along quite a bit since then. Well, ...

A simple computer program that teaches children to distinguish between sounds can dramatically boost their listening skills. It can allow them to progress by the equivalent of two years in just a few ...

What is Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)? Automatic Speech Recognition, or ASR, is a technology that converts spoken language into written text. Think of it like having a super smart digital ...

Apply now for 2026 entry or register your interest to find out about future events and what it’s like to study with us. Our programme bridges computer science, machine learning, linguistics and signal ...