Feasibility of facial EMG in gender classification during speech production

J Med Eng Technol. 2013 Feb;37(2):86-90. doi: 10.3109/03091902.2012.745908. Epub 2012 Dec 18.

Abstract

Gender identification has its unique importance in sports and forensic sciences. However, the social issues are major constraints to identify the gender of a human being. A novel approach for gender classification using facial EMG is presented. The time domain features of facial EMGs are explored towards their robustness in gender identification. A Davies-Bouldin index is calculated to evaluate the features. Anterior belly of digastrics along with Orbicularis Oris Inferior showed the promising classification accuracy of 80% with the reported features. A possible enhancement in accuracy could be possible by a larger dataset.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Electromyography
  • Facial Muscles / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Speech / physiology*
  • Young Adult