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With the goal of promoting cross-disciplinary research among the various disciplines involved in language, communication, psychology and neuroscience, the University College London (UCL) is establishing a new Centre for Human Communication.
By integrating recent advances in brain imaging and genetics with the study of language,  researchers will study the development and acquisition of human languages along with grammar, perception, hearing and speech. They will also investigate the genetics and patterns of language disorders, ranging from stuttering and loss of speech to syndromes such as savant, Down's and William's syndrome. Likewise, research into deafness and cochlear implants, aphasia, dementia and other language disorders will also be key areas of study.
One of the novel projects by UCL is called SYNFACE, a computer-generated talking face. The face is currently being tested in telephones used by deaf people, where the face ‘listens' to speech coming down the line and repeats it. This can enable a non-deaf person to use their normal telephone to ring a deaf person, who lip-reads the talking face.
A symposium on the Architecture of Language is being hosted this week at the University of London.
Centre for Human Communication Website.
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