Yingjia Yu

Abstract The prevalence of synthetic talking faces in both commercial and academic environments is increasing as the technology to generate them grows more powerful and available. While it has long been known that seeing the face of the talker improves human perception of speech-in-noise, recent studies have shown that synthetic talking faces generated by deep neural networks (DNNs) are also able to improve human perception of speech-in-noise.

Abstract The role of vision in stabilizing balance has been studied exhaustively. Other studies have shown that non-supportive light touch of the fingertip with a surface also can significantly stabilize postural balance. We have studied how vision and cutaneous information jointly affect balance. We used a head-mounted display to simulate a virtual room that rotated about a vertical axis centered with the standing subjects z-axis.