Soresini Giulia, Marjanovic Nicholas, Patton James, Esmailbeigi Hananeh
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2020 Jul;2020:4406-4409. doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176712.
The human tongue is involved in many essential daily activities and is comprised of eight muscles. To date tools for quantifications of the tongue's intrinsic motions are limited. In this study we explored the tongue's motion during a free-exploration paradigm, using a discreet wireless intra-oral wearable device. Six healthy subjects were instructed to freely move the tip of their tongue on the wearable device while attempting to cover the entire surface of the hard palate. The goal of this study is to compose a two-dimensional probability distribution model of the tongue's motion. We conclude that 90-seconds of non-continuous data collection was sufficient for visualizing the two-dimensional probability distribution of the free-exploration paradigm. The results suggest that the subjects concentrate the majority of the motion in the central portion of the palate.
人类舌头参与许多基本的日常活动，由八块肌肉组成。迄今为止，用于量化舌头内部运动的工具有限。在本研究中，我们使用一种离散的无线口腔内可穿戴设备，探索了自由探索范式下舌头的运动。六名健康受试者被要求在可穿戴设备上自由移动舌尖，同时试图覆盖硬腭的整个表面。本研究的目的是构建舌头运动的二维概率分布模型。我们得出结论，90秒的非连续数据收集足以可视化自由探索范式的二维概率分布。结果表明，受试者将大部分运动集中在硬腭的中央部分。
