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Biosignal Sensors and Deep Learning-Based Speech Recognition: a Review sensors Review Biosignal Sensors and Deep Learning-Based Speech Recognition: A Review Wookey Lee 1 , Jessica Jiwon Seong 2, Busra Ozlu 3, Bong Sup Shim 3, Azizbek Marakhimov 4 and Suan Lee 5,* 1 Biomedical Science and Engineering & Dept. of Industrial Security Governance & IE, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Incheon 22212, Korea; [email protected] 2 Department of Industrial Security Governance, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Incheon 22212, Korea; [email protected] 3 Biomedical Science and Engineering & Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Incheon 22212, Korea; [email protected] (B.O.); [email protected] (B.S.S.) 4 Frontier College, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Incheon 22212, Korea; [email protected] 5 School of Computer Science, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Korea * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: Voice is one of the essential mechanisms for communicating and expressing one’s intentions as a human being. There are several causes of voice inability, including disease, accident, vocal abuse, medical surgery, ageing, and environmental pollution, and the risk of voice loss continues to increase. Novel approaches should have been developed for speech recognition and production because that would seriously undermine the quality of life and sometimes leads to isolation from society. In this review, we survey mouth interface technologies which are mouth-mounted devices for speech recognition, production, and volitional control, and the corresponding research to de- velop artificial mouth technologies based on various sensors, including electromyography (EMG), electroencephalography (EEG), electropalatography (EPG), electromagnetic articulography (EMA), permanent magnet articulography (PMA), gyros, images and 3-axial magnetic sensors, especially Citation: Lee, W.; Seong, J.J.; Ozlu, B.; with deep learning techniques. We especially research various deep learning technologies related to Shim, B.S.; Marakhimov, A.; Lee, S. voice recognition, including visual speech recognition, silent speech interface, and analyze its flow, Biosignal Sensors and Deep and systematize them into a taxonomy. Finally, we discuss methods to solve the communication Learning-Based Speech Recognition: A Review. Sensors 2021, 21, 1399. problems of people with disabilities in speaking and future research with respect to deep learning https://doi.org/10.3390/s21041399 components. Academic Editors: Wai Lok Woo and Keywords: mouth interface; voice production; artificial larynx; EMG; biosignal; deep learning Biswanath Samanta Received: 28 December 2020 Accepted: 12 February 2021 Published: 17 February 2021 1. Introduction Voice is a basic means of communication and social interaction through spoken lan- Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral guage. People with voice disorders face serious problems in their daily lives, which may with regard to jurisdictional claims in lead to emotional instability and isolation from society. A voice disorder implies that the published maps and institutional affil- pitch, intensity, or fluidity of one’s voice does not conform to his or her gender, age, body iations. composition, social environment, and geographic location. In other words, the term voice disorder refers to all abnormal conditions in which the expression of the voice is not in its normal range. In the human body, voice is produced by the vibration of the vocal cords as a result of the airflow supplied by the respiratory system, thus the normal voice Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. production depends on the coordination among airflow, laryngeal muscle strength and the Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. supraglottic resonator cavities such as pharyngeal, oral and nasal cavity [1]. The reasons This article is an open access article for the voice disorder can be categorized as organic, functional, and/or psychogenic causes. distributed under the terms and Organic causes may have structural (vocal fold abnormalities, inflammation or trauma conditions of the Creative Commons to the larynx) and neurologic (recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, adductor/abductor Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// spasmodic dysphonia, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis) origins, while functional creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ causes may arise from phonotrauma, muscle tension dysphonia, ventricular phonation, 4.0/). Sensors 2021, 21, 1399. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21041399 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors Sensors 2021, 21, 1399 2 of 22 and vocal fatigue. Anxiety and depression are considered psychogenic causes of voice disorder [1]. Although there are several approaches for the treatment of voice disorder, such as PMA using articulatory data captured from the lips and tongue [2] or a contact- less silent speech recognition system using an impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) radar [3], the communication options are limited for the patients whose larynx (voice box) Sensors 2019, 19, x FOR PEER REVIEWis surgically removed following throat cancer or trauma [4]. To overcome this problem,2 of 20 the external device, called electrolarynx, has been developed as a form of artificial larynx [2]communication or a contactless where silent speech an electronic recognition vibration system is using produced an impulse and resultedradio ultra in-wideband a monotonic (IR- UWB)sound radar that [3], will the be communication formed to speech options [ 4are]. 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How to help people with voice disorders communicate with others: to recognize voices, which indicates that biosignals are processed via various methods and and transmitted transmitted to to devices devices suitable suitable for for the the user, user, and can be used in several fields, such as robotics, medical engineering, and image processing. fields, such as robotics, medical engineering, and image processing. 2.2. Biosignal Biosignal-Based-Based Speech Speech Recognition Recognition BiosignalsBiosignals provide provide the theinformation information belong belong to the electrical, to the electrical, chemical, mechanical, chemical,mechanical, and biologi- caland processes biological of the processes living organism of the living[11,12]. organismIn the field [of11 ,biosignal12]. 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