# Sentence-Level Silent Speech Recognition Using a Wearable EMG/EEG Sensor System with AI-Driven Sensor Fusion and Language Model

**Authors:** Nicholas Satterlee, Xiaowei Zuo, Kee Moon, Sung Q. Lee, Matthew Peterson, John S. Kang

PMC · DOI: 10.3390/s25196168 · 2025-10-05

## TL;DR

A wearable system using EMG and EEG sensors with AI can recognize full sentences silently, improving communication without vocalization.

## Contribution

A novel wearable SSR system with sensor fusion and language models for accurate sentence-level silent speech recognition.

## Key findings

- The system achieved 95.25% sentence-level recognition accuracy using four military command sentences.
- Sensor fusion of EMG and EEG improved classification accuracy.
- Few-shot learning with a Siamese neural network enabled real-time word segmentation and classification.

## Abstract

Silent speech recognition (SSR) enables communication without vocalization by interpreting biosignals such as electromyography (EMG) and electroencephalography (EEG). Most existing SSR systems rely on high-density, non-wearable sensors and focus primarily on isolated word recognition, limiting their practical usability. This study presents a wearable SSR system capable of accurate sentence-level recognition using single-channel EMG and EEG sensors with real-time wireless transmission. A moving window-based few-shot learning model, implemented with a Siamese neural network, segments and classifies words from continuous biosignals without requiring pauses or manual segmentation between word signals. A novel sensor fusion model integrates both EMG and EEG modalities, enhancing classification accuracy. To further improve sentence-level recognition, a statistical language model (LM) is applied as post-processing to correct syntactic and lexical errors. The system was evaluated on a dataset of four military command sentences containing ten unique words, achieving 95.25% sentence-level recognition accuracy. These results demonstrate the feasibility of sentence-level SSR using wearable sensors through a window-based few-shot learning model, sensor fusion, and ML applied to limited simultaneous EMG and EEG signals.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** injury to (MESH:D014947), speech impairments (MESH:D013064)
- **Species:** Lydia sp. MS (species) [taxon 1747970], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

## Figures

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12526642