Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
7 p.
Publication Date
10-2011
Publisher
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Source Publication
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Source ISSN
1092-4388
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0226)
Abstract
Purpose: This work provides a quantitative assessment of the positional tracking accuracy of the NDI Wave Speech Research System.
Method: Three experiments were completed: (a) static rigid-body tracking across different locations in the electromagnetic field volume, (b) dynamic rigid-body tracking across different locations within the electromagnetic field volume, and (c) human jaw-movement tracking during speech. Rigid-body experiments were completed for 4 different instrumentation settings, permuting 2 electromagnetic field volume sizes with and without automated reference sensor processing.
Results: Within the anthropometrically pertinent "near field" (< 200 mm) of the NDI Wave field generator, at the 300-mm3 volume setting, 88% of dynamic positional errors were < 0.5 mm and 98% were < 1.0 mm. Extreme tracking errors (> 2 mm) occurred within the near field for < 1% of position samples. For human jaw-movement tracking, 95% of position samples had < 0.5 mm errors for 9 out of 10 subjects.
Conclusions: Static tracking accuracy is modestly superior to dynamic tracking accuracy. Dynamic tracking accuracy is best for the 300-mm3 field setting in the 200-mm near field. The use of automated head correction has no deleterious effect on tracking. Tracking errors for jaw movements during speech are typically < 0.5 mm.
Recommended Citation
Berry, Jeffrey J., "Accuracy of the NDI Wave Speech Research System" (2011). Speech Pathology and Audiology Faculty Research and Publications. 1.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/spaud_fac/1
Comments
Published version. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, Volume 54 (October 2011):1295-1301. DOI. © 2011 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Used with permission.