DocumentCode
2408705
Title
Communication aid for disabled patients makes use of facial EMG signals and neural nets
Author
Dinsdale, Jack ; Chadwick, David K.
Author_Institution
Dundee Univ., UK
fYear
1995
fDate
34836
Firstpage
42522
Abstract
This paper describes the development of hardware and software to enable patients disabled by paralysis, and others with difficulties in speaking, to carry out meaningful communication by means of the intelligent analysis and interpretation of information derived from electromyogram (EMG) signals generated by facial muscles
Keywords
electromyography; handicapped aids; muscle; neural nets; sensory aids; communication aid; disabled patients; electromyogram; facial EMG signals; hardware; neural nets; paralysis; software; speaking difficulties;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Mechatronic Aids for the Disabled, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
Dundee
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19950687
Filename
475486
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