Tongue pressure recordings during speech using complete denture

Christophe Jeannin (1) , Pascal Perrier (1) , Yohan Payan (2) , André Dittmar (3) , Brigitte Grosgogeat (4)

1 GIPSA-AABC - GIPSA - Acoustique, Aéroacoustique, Biomécanique et Contrôle
2 TIMC-IMAG-GMCAO - Gestes Medico-chirurgicaux Assistés par Ordinateur
3 CREATIS - Centre de Recherche et d'Application en Traitement de l'Image et du Signal
4 Laboratoire d'Etude des Interfaces et des biofilms en Odontologie

This paper describes an original experimental procedure to measure mechanical interactions between tongue and teeth during speech production. Using edentulous people as subjects, pressure transducers are inserted in their complete denture duplicate. Physiology is respected during sound and pressure recording as with standard complete denture. Original calibration device is also described in order to know what kind of information can be extracted from the data. The measurements are realized in different experimental conditions in order to remove the auditory and the orosensory feedbacks. Then the first results of the pilot study are presented

Mots clés: speech production; tongue pressure; Tongue/palate interaction; Complete denture; Pressure transducer

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Ingénierie biomédicale; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Christophe Jeannin, Pascal Perrier, Yohan Payan, André Dittmar, Brigitte Grosgogeat. Tongue pressure recordings during speech using complete denture. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2008, 28 (5-6), pp.835-841. ⟨10.1016/j.msec.2007.10.079⟩. ⟨hal-00277567⟩