Electropalatograph
US4310002A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F5/58
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electropalatograph for speech training and the like, which electrically detects linguapalatal contact mode during phonations by means of many contact sensing electrodes provided on a surface with which trainee's tongue contacts of artificial palate device mounted to hard palate surface of the trainee, detected informations denoting the contact mode are transmitted as electromagnetic waves from a transmitter disposed within the trainee's mouth, and transmitted waves are received by a receiver disposed outside the trainee's body and displayed to be observed as dynamic patterns of actual linguapalatal contact mode.
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