Search for dissertations about: "speech processing dissertations"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words speech processing dissertations.
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1. Disfluency in Swedish human–human and human–machine travel booking dialogues
Abstract : This thesis studies disfluency in spontaneous Swedish speech, i.e., the occurrence of hesitation phenomena like eh, öh, truncated words, repetitions and repairs, mispronunciations, truncated words and so on. READ MORE
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2. Neural and Cognitive Effects of Hearing Loss on Speech Processing
Abstract : Understanding speech in the presence of noise can be difficult, especially when suffering from a hearing loss. This thesis examined behavioural and electrophysiological measures of speech processing with the aim of establishing how they were influenced by hearing loss (internal degradation) and listening condition (external degradation). READ MORE
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3. Hearing and cognition in speech comprehension. Methods and applications
Abstract : Central auditory processing is complex and can not be evaluated by a single method. This thesis focuses on assessment of some aspects of central auditory functions by the use of dichotic speech tests and cognitive tests that tax functions important for speech processing. READ MORE
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4. World of faces, words and actions : Observations and neural linkages in early life
Abstract : From the start of their lives, infants and young children are surrounded by a tremendous amount of multimodal social information. One intriguing question in the study of early social cognition is how vital social information is detected and processed and how and when young infants begin to make sense of what they see and hear and learn to understand other people’s behavior. READ MORE
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5. Deep probabilistic models for sequential and hierarchical data
Abstract : Consider the problem where we want a computer program capable of recognizing a pedestrian on the road. This could be employed in a car to automatically apply the brakes to avoid an accident. READ MORE