Dr Stuart Cunningham
BEng, PhD
Division of Human Communication Sciences, Health Sciences School
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 2421
Full contact details
Division of Human Communication Sciences, Health Sciences School
362 Mushroom Lane
Sheffield
S10 2TS
- Profile
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Dr Cunningham is a senior lecturer in Human Communication Sciences. Prior to joining the department he worked as a research associate in the department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Barnsley Hospital.
He has previously worked as a research associate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield.
He obtained a BEng in Software Engineering and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sheffield.
- Research interests
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Robust automatic speech recognition. The use of speech technology in assistive technology and speech and language therapy.
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Auditory-inspired representations of speech signals and their application in automatic speech recognition.
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The perception of speech in adverse acoustic conditions.
Current projects
- Speech Therapy through Articulation Therapy - with Mark Hawley, Peter Cudd, Rebecca Palmer, and Pam Enderby.
University of Sheffield. - Natural Speech Technology - PI Steve Renals (University of Edinburgh). EPSRC Programme Grant.
- Voice Input Voice Output Communication Aid - PI Mark Hawley. NIHR i4i programme.
- Development of test of audio visual speech perception for children - with Dilys Treharne and Harriet Crook. British Society of Audiology.
Collaborators
- Mark Hawley, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield.
- Pam Enderby, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield.
- Phil Green, Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield.
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- Publications
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Journal articles
- Evaluating Use of the Doppler Effect to Enhance Auditory Alerts. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 37(11), 1074-1087.
- Robot companion cats for people at home with dementia: A qualitative case study on companotics. Dementia, 20(4), 1300-1318.
- Acoustic Differences in Emotional Speech of People with Dysarthria. Speech Communication.
- Accessibility, Inclusion, and Rehabilitation Using Information Technologies. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2020, 1-2.
- Analyses of Sustained Vowels in Down Syndrome (DS): A Case Study Using Spectrograms and Perturbation Data to Investigate Voice Quality in Four Adults With DS. Journal of Voice, 32(5), 644.e11-644.e24. View this article in WRRO
- What is the potential for context aware communication aids?. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 39(7), 448-453. View this article in WRRO
- Speaker sex effects on temporal and spectrooral measures of speech. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 44(1), 59-74.
- Building personalised synthetic voices for individuals with severe speech impairment. Computer Speech and Language, 27(6), 1178-1193.
- Describing the interactive domestic robot setup for the SERA project. Applied Artificial Intelligence, 25(6), 445-473.
- Reconstructing the voice of an individual following laryngectomy. AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 27(1), 61-66.
- An acoustic investigation into coarticulation and speech motor control: High vs. low frequency syllables. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 4.
- A speech-controlled environmental control system for people with severe dysarthria.. Med Eng Phys, 29(5), 586-593.
- An audio-visual corpus for speech perception and automatic speech recognition.. J Acoust Soc Am, 120(5 Pt 1), 2421-2424.
- Automatic speech recognition and training for severely dysarthric users of assistive technology: the STARDUST project.. Clin Linguist Phon, 20(2-3), 149-156.
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Chapters
- Augmenting Virtual Spaces: Affective Feedback in Computer Games, Springer Series on Cultural Computing (pp. 229-247).
- The development of new technology in creative music applications, SpringerBriefs in Computer Science (pp. 57-66).
- In-game intoxication: Demonstrating the evaluation of the audio experience of games with a focus on altered states of consciousness, Games User Research: A Case Study Approach (pp. 97-118).
Conference proceedings papers
- Statistical Models for Predicting Results in Professional League of Legends (pp 138-152)
- A Novel Pandemic Delivery Pattern for a New Digital User Experience Degree Apprenticeship (pp 335-342)
- Nature soundscapes: An audio augmented reality experience. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (pp 85-92)
- Audio emotion recognition using machine learning to support sound design. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (pp 116-123)
- Phase-Based Feature Representations for Improving Recognition of Dysarthric Speech. 2018 IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop (SLT) (pp 13-20), 18 December 2018 - 21 December 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Phase-Based Feature Representations for Improving Recognition of Dysarthric Speech. 2018 IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop (SLT), 18 December 2018 - 21 December 2018.
- High-level analysis of audio features for identifying emotional valence in human singing. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
- Auditory masking and the precedence effect in studies of musical timekeeping. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
- Collaborative artificial intelligence in music production. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
- Image matching principles in photometrical transformations. 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference (pp 81-85)
- Application of formal grammar in text mining and construction of an ontology. 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference (pp 53-57)
- “More Cowbell”: Measuring beat consistency with respect to tempo and metronome variations. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Vol. Part F131930
- Simulating auditory hallucinations in a video game: Three prototype mechanisms. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Vol. Part F131930
- Cloud-Based Speech Technology for Assistive Technology Applications (CloudCAST). Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 242 (pp 322-329) View this article in WRRO
- The sound of the smell (and taste) of my shoes too: Mapping the senses using emotion as a medium. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Vol. 04-06-October-2016 (pp 28-33)
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- Model adaptation and adaptive training for the recognition of dysarthric speech. Proceedings of SLPAT 2015: 6th Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies, Vol. W15-5112 (pp 65-71). Dresden, Germany, 11 September 2015 - 11 September 2015. View this article in WRRO
- Remote Speech Technology for Speech Professionals - the CloudCAST initiative. Proceedings of SLPAT 2015: 6th Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies, September 2015 - September 2015.
- Dysarthric vocal interfaces with minimal training data. 2014 IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop (SLT), 7 December 2014 - 10 December 2014.
- Automatic selection of speakers for improved acoustic modelling: recognition of disordered speech with sparse data. 2014 IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop (SLT), 7 December 2014 - 10 December 2014.
- An acoustic investigation into coarticulation and speech motor control: high vs. low frequency syllables. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 123(5) (pp 3071-3071)
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- Recognising Emotions in Dysarthric Speech Using Typical Speech Data. Interspeech 2020
- CloudCAST — Remote Speech Technology for Speech Professionals. Interspeech 2016
- Evaluating Use of the Doppler Effect to Enhance Auditory Alerts. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 37(11), 1074-1087.