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This study introduces a new method for speech brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) by mapping brain signals to a hyperbolic space. This approach improves phoneme decoding accuracy for languages like Chinese Mandarin, enhancing BCI communication performance.

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Area of Science:

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Computer Science
Linguistics

Background:

Speech brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) show promise for communication by converting brain signals into speech.
Accurate phoneme decoding is crucial for monosyllabic languages like Chinese Mandarin.
Current neural representations often confuse phonemes with similar pronunciations.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a more distinct neural representation for phonemes in speech BCIs.
To improve the accuracy of phoneme classification and decoding.

Main Methods:

Mapped neural signals of phoneme pronunciation into hyperbolic space.
Utilized a hyperbolic hierarchical clustering approach to learn phoneme-level structure.
Applied the learned structure to guide neural signal representation.

Main Results:

Hyperbolic representation increased distance between similar phonemes, reducing confusion.
Achieved an average accuracy of 75.21% for decoding 21 phonemes.
Outperformed existing methods in phoneme decoding across experimental days.

Conclusions:

The proposed method achieves high accuracy in phoneme classification.
Learning the phoneme-level neural structure enhances neural signal discriminability and interpretability.
This approach has the potential to significantly advance speech BCIs for monosyllabic languages.