Dataset of Speech Production in intracranial Electroencephalography
Maxime Verwoert, Maarten C. Ottenhoff, Sophocles Goulis, Albert Colon, Louis Wagner, Simon Tousseyn, Johannes van Dijk, Pieter Kubben, Christian Herff
Abstract
Speech production is an intricate process involving a large number of muscles and cognitive processes. The neural processes underlying speech production are not completely understood. As speech is a uniquely human ability, it can not be investigated in animal models. High-fidelity human data can only be obtained in clinical settings and is therefore not easily available to all researchers. Here, we provide a dataset of 10 participants reading out individual words while we measured intracranial EEG from a total of 1103 electrodes. The data, with its high temporal resolution and coverage of a large variety of cortical and sub-cortical brain regions, can help in understanding the speech production process better. Simultaneously, the data can be used to test speech decoding and synthesis approaches from neural data to develop speech Brain-Computer Interfaces and speech neuroprostheses.