Ultrax features in QMU promotional video! Dr Joanne Cleland was filmed describing the Ultrax project and working with one of our children with a Speech Sound Disorder. This short film summarises the overall aim of the ultrax project.
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Conference Poster Wins Prize
Ultrax poster wins ICPLA 2012 prize! A poster by Cleland et al. has won a prize at the recent conference of The International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA), held in Cork, Ireland in June 2012.
MRI vocal tract data collaboration
A biomechanical tongue model for speech production based on MRI live speaker data. Dr Adam Baker recorded 3D MRI scans, with himself as the subject, for a set of English phones in collaboration with Ultrax project partners on July 7th 2011. Seconded to the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Dr Baker received British Academy funding from their […]
Ultrasound Panel at ICPLA 2012
Ultrax team members have had a panel proposal on “Clinical applications of ultrasound in speech production” accepted for ICPLA 2012. Ultrax team members have had a panel proposal on “Clinical applications of ultrasound in speech production” accepted for the 14th International Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics conference, in Cork, Ireland in June next year. The panel will […]
Another approval milestone
Another stage in the approval process has been completed! The NHS Lothian Research and Development Department has granted approval for the clinical aspects of the Ultrax programme of research using healthy volunteers. This includes MRI and ultrasound recordings from around 10 adults, and ultrasound scans from around 90 normally developing children (a separate application to […]
