ISCA Archive ICSLP 1990
ISCA Archive ICSLP 1990

Sequential control model of speech articulation in producing word utterance

Naoki Kusakawa, Kiyoshi Honda, Yuki Kakita

Speech articulation is executed by motor commands to various speech muscles. The subsystem of motor programming autonomically outputs a sequence of commands according to intended signals for articulatory target. The present study examined such a function of motor program for coordinated speech gestures by speculating motor commands from electro-myographic (EMG) data. A waveform separation technique was applied to extract component commands from ensemble average EMG wave-forms. The data used in this study contained six tongue muscles and two other muscles, which were recorded during production of /apVp/ word utterances. The motor score was obtained from the results, which demonstrated temporal and hierarchical organization of sequential control on motor commands.