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AI-enhanced autism therapy: How multi-stage ensemble learning is changing the game By Pooja

Anticipating and identifying characteristics that impact or contribute to autism spectrum disorder therapy.

17 Nov 2023

The unusual way a Catholic health system is wielding an abortion protest law

A Catholic hospital system is suing several California patients and their advocates because the patients allegedly refused to be discharged.

15 Nov 2023

NYU Langone Health performs the world's first whole-eye and partial-face transplant for military veteran

A surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed the world's first whole-eye and partial-face transplant for a 46-year-old military veteran from Arkansas who survived a work-related high-voltage electrical accident.

9 Nov 2023

An Arm and a Leg: ‘Your Money or Your Life’: This doctor wrote the book on medical debt

In 2019, emergency medicine physician and historian Luke Messac was working as a medical resident.

9 Nov 2023

High-density electrocorticography for speech decoding and improved neural speech prostheses

High-resolution, micro-electrocorticographic (µECoG) neural recordings for speech decoding to improve speech prostheses.

8 Nov 2023

Innovative AI model uses YouTube vlogs to identify depression signs early

An innovative depression detection model that leverages audiovisual features from YouTube vlogs.

8 Nov 2023

New prosthetic converts brain signals to speech in real time

A speech prosthetic developed by a collaborative team of Duke neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, and engineers can translate a person's brain signals into what they're trying to say.

6 Nov 2023

Brain's pitch perfect: New study tunes into Mandarin tone control

Researchers reveal that local neural populations in the brain's bilateral laryngeal motor cortex are key in controlling the pitch dynamics in Mandarin lexical tones, overturning the idea of single-tone category encoding. Direct stimulation of these areas alters pitch, advancing our understanding of speech production and potential treatments for speech disorders.

2 Nov 2023

Government to open 160 community diagnostic centers by March 2024

The government will meet its target to open 160 community diagnostic centres a year early, the Health and Social Care Secretary will announce today [31 October 2023].

31 Oct 2023

"Acoustic touch" helps people see using sound

Australian researchers have developed cutting-edge technology known as "acoustic touch" that helps people 'see' using sound.

25 Oct 2023

Brain-computer interface helps ALS patient control devices, navigate communication board

It's the day after the Baltimore Orioles clinched the American League East Championship with their 100th win of the season, and lifelong fan Tim Evans is showing his pride on his sleeve.

25 Oct 2023

Let’s have an honest conversation about what to expect as you age

How many of us have wanted a reliable, evidence-based guide to aging that explains how our bodies and minds change as we grow older and how to adapt to those differences?

20 Oct 2023

Study tests recast therapy for bilingual children with developmental language disorder

Amanda Owen Van Horne sits on the floor while a child mixes up cake batter in a play kitchen.

19 Oct 2023

FAST joins with University of Pennsylvania to develop investigational AAV gene therapy for Angelman syndrome

The Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST) announced today that the non-profit organization has entered into an exclusive global collaborative research and development agreement with the University of Pennsylvania to develop an investigational adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy for Angelman syndrome (AS).

17 Oct 2023

New contrastive learning method could improve voice pathology detection

Voice pathology refers to a problem arising from abnormal conditions, such as dysphonia, paralysis, cysts, and even cancer, that cause abnormal vibrations in the vocal cords (or vocal folds).

16 Oct 2023

Virtual driving assessment can identify at-risk young drivers

New research published today by the journal Pediatrics found that driving skills measured at the time of licensure on a virtual driving assessment (VDA), which exposes drivers to common serious crash scenarios, helps predict crash risk in newly licensed young drivers.

16 Oct 2023

Study finds racial and ethnic disparities in ear tube placement for children with ear infections

Asian, Hispanic and Black children are much less likely to see ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctors, or otolaryngologists, and receive ear tubes for recurring ear infections, according to research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2023 annual meeting.

16 Oct 2023

Study sheds light on impact of shyness on child language development

A recent study from SMU psychologist Sarah Kucker and a student she mentored at Oklahoma State University suggests shyness can influence a child's performance in language assessments, depending on the level of social interaction required to complete the test.

12 Oct 2023

NYU team makes breakthrough in understanding neural mechanisms behind speech production

Speech production is a complex neural phenomenon that has left researchers explaining it tongue-tied. Separating out the complex web of neural regions controlling precise muscle movement in the mouth, jaw and tongue with the regions processing the auditory feedback of hearing your own voice is a complex problem, and one that has to be overcome for the next generation of speech-producing protheses.

11 Oct 2023

The use of artificial intelligence and natural language processing for mental health interventions

Natural Language Processing (NLP) to examine mental health interventions (MHI).

10 Oct 2023

Speech News and Research

AI-enhanced autism therapy: How multi-stage ensemble learning is changing the game By Pooja

The unusual way a Catholic health system is wielding an abortion protest law

NYU Langone Health performs the world's first whole-eye and partial-face transplant for military veteran

An Arm and a Leg: ‘Your Money or Your Life’: This doctor wrote the book on medical debt

High-density electrocorticography for speech decoding and improved neural speech prostheses

Innovative AI model uses YouTube vlogs to identify depression signs early

New prosthetic converts brain signals to speech in real time

Brain's pitch perfect: New study tunes into Mandarin tone control

Government to open 160 community diagnostic centers by March 2024

"Acoustic touch" helps people see using sound

Brain-computer interface helps ALS patient control devices, navigate communication board

Let’s have an honest conversation about what to expect as you age

Study tests recast therapy for bilingual children with developmental language disorder

FAST joins with University of Pennsylvania to develop investigational AAV gene therapy for Angelman syndrome

New contrastive learning method could improve voice pathology detection

Virtual driving assessment can identify at-risk young drivers

Study finds racial and ethnic disparities in ear tube placement for children with ear infections

Study sheds light on impact of shyness on child language development

NYU team makes breakthrough in understanding neural mechanisms behind speech production

The use of artificial intelligence and natural language processing for mental health interventions

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