As early as spring 2020, several members of the LPL and La Conception Hospital were working on the risks of spreading the SARS-Cov-2 virus, particularly when dealing with swallowing disorders or dysphonia. Based on this initial work, the SpeedVel study was financed and carried out in collaboration with colleagues from the Institut Universitaire des Systèmes Thermiques et Industriels in Marseille, to analyze droplets emitted in oral communication situations, in order to better assess the risk of contamination.

We are pleased to announce the publication of detailed results from the SpeedVel project in the journal Language Resources et Evaluation:

Reference: Francesca Carbone, Gilles Bouchet, Alain Ghio, Thierry Legou, Carine André, Muriel Lalain, Caterina Petrone, Antoine Giovanni. Investigating Droplet Emission During Speech Interaction. Language Resources and Evaluation, 2024, ⟨10.1007/s10579-024-09789-x⟩. ⟨hal-04385770v2⟩

Abstract & full-text article: https://hal.science/hal-04385770

Credits: SpeedVel / LPL