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Temporal co-registration of simultaneous electromagnetic articulography and electroencephalography for precise articulatory and neural data alignment

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  • Daniel Friedrichs
  • Monica Lancheros
  • Sam Kirkham
  • Lei He
  • Andrew Clark
  • Clemens Lutz
  • Volker Dellwo
  • Steven Moran
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Publication date4/09/2024
Host publicationProceedings of INTERSPEECH 2024
EditorsItshak Lapidot, Sharon Gannot
Place of PublicationKos, Greece
Publisher International Speech Communication Association
Pages3120-3124
Number of pages5
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This study presents a temporal co-registration method combining electromagnetic articulography (EMA) and electroencephalography (EEG) to capture the neural planning and execution phases of speech with high precision. Traditional EEG alignment based on acoustic vocal onset is often inaccurate due to the variable lag between articulatory and acoustic onsets. Our approach synchronizes EMA-derived speech kinematics with EEG data, addressing these challenges. We also examined the interaction between EMA and EEG systems, focusing on the integrity of EMA signals in the presence of EEG equipment and the electromagnetic influence of EMA on EEG signal quality. The method achieved a mean alignment delay of 2.7 ms (SD = 0.4 ms), enabling detailed analysis of pre-articulatory brain activities. Additionally, our evaluations confirmed the robustness of EMA signals and EEG event-related potentials, supporting the method's precision, feasibility, and reliability for speech planning research.