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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Speech Recognition Frustrated by Increasing Noise Levels in Hospitals

A recent study from John Hopkins University reports that noise levels in hospitals has steadily increased over the past five years. A great deal of the noise is in the same frequency range of human speech. The study found that not only does the increase noise slow patient healing rates and contribute to staff stress levels, but it also frustrates attempts to introduce speech recognition technology.

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