AI-Assisted Wearable Device 'Speaks' For People With Dysfunctional Vocal Cords

Everyone from healthcare professionals and medical researchers to students and graduates of institutions like the Ithaca College online SLP program can attest to the wonderful advances the ethical use of non-generative AI models has facilitated.AI's unique ability to rapidly and efficiently analyze, compile, and produce results according to trends within the data analysis may come in handy with a unique magnetic phenomenon, magnetoelasticity. Magnetoelasticity describes the change of a material's magnetic properties under strain. Using this concept and AI-assisted technology, a research team at UCLA led by Assistant Professor of Bioengineering Jun Chen has developed a promising breakthrough.

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The wearable device consists of biocompatible silicone and copper induction coils that generate electrical signals from muscle movements. When people talk, the movement of the vocal folds and throat muscles distorts the magnetic fields of the device, resulting in magnetoelasticity. When this happens, sensors in the device detect larynx muscle movements and produce electrical signals that an artificial intelligence model can read, interpret, and then produce output from. This output results in effective speech, allowing those with dysfunctional vocal cords to regain their voice function.

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