Ultrasonic visualization of tongue motion during speech

Sonies, Barbara C.; Shawker, Thomas H.; Hall, Thomas; Gerber, Lynn H.; Leighton, Stephen B.

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“…Ultrasound (US) images soft tissue in real time (Sonies et al, 1981;Keller and Ostry, 1983;Stone et al, 1983;Stone and Shawker, 1986;Stone and Lundberg, 1996). It has several advantages over VFG: (a) There is no ionizing radiation, and (b) midline submental transducer placement minimizes masking of the tongue by the hard tissues (mandible and teeth).…”

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Tongue Movements in Feeding and Speech

Hiiemäe

Palmer

2003

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine

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ABSTRACT:The position of the tongue relative to the upper and lower jaws is regulated in part by the position of the hyoid bone, which, with the anterior and posterior suprahyoid muscles, controls the angulation and length of the floor of the mouth on which the tongue body 'rides'. The instantaneous shape of the tongue is controlled by the 'extrinsic muscles' acting in concert with the 'intrinsic' muscles. Recent anatomical research in non-human mammals has shown that the intrinsic muscles can best be regarded as a 'laminated segmental system' with tightly packed layers of the 'transverse', 'longitudinal', and 'vertical' muscle fibers. Each segment receives separate innervation from branches of the hypoglosssal nerve. These new anatomical findings are contributing to the development of functional models of the tongue, many based on increasingly refined finite element modeling techniques. They also begin to explain the observed behavior of the jaw-hyoid-tongue complex, or the hyomandibular 'kinetic chain', in feeding and consecutive speech. Similarly, major efforts, involving many imaging techniques (cinefluorography, ultrasound, electro-palatography, NMRI, and others), have examined the spatial and temporal relationships of the tongue surface in sound production. The feeding literature shows localized tongue-surface change as the process progresses. The speech literature shows extensive change in tongue shape between classes of vowels and consonants. Although there is a fundamental dichotomy between the referential framework and the methodological approach to studies of the orofacial complex in feeding and speech, it is clear that many of the shapes adopted by the tongue in speaking are seen in feeding. It is suggested that the range of shapes used in feeding is the matrix for both behaviors.

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Section: (6) Ultrasonography (Us)mentioning

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Tongue Movements in Feeding and Speech

Hiiemäe

Palmer

2003

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine

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183

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“…Image-based studies aiming at characterizing several languages phrases, and specific sounds have been reported in the The first tongue image-based reports used US imaging 6 , and later on, X-Ray image-based analyses were presented 7 . Despite the advances in MR imaging technology regarding soft tissue contrast, which are now considered the state-of-the-art for studies regarding the vocal tract and related structures, the segmentation of the tongue is still a highly challenging task because of its location in close vicinity to other soft tissues, and therefore requires a higher soft tissue contrast and/or more competent segmentation algorithms.…”

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Segmentation of tongue shapes during vowel production in magnetic resonance images based on statistical modelling

Delmoral

Ventura

Tavares

2018

Proc Inst Mech Eng H

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Quantification of the anatomic and functional aspects of the tongue is pertinent to analyse the mechanisms involved in speech production. Speech requires dynamic and complex articulation of the vocal tract organs, and the tongue is one of the main articulators during speech production.Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging has been widely used in speech related studies. Moreover, the segmentation of such images of speech organs is required to extract reliable statistical data.However, standards solutions to analyse a large set of articulatory images have not yet been established. Therefore, this article presents an approach to segment the tongue in 2D MR images and statistically model the segmented tongue shapes. The proposed approach assesses the articulator morphology based on an Active Shape Model, which captures the shape variability of the tongue during speech production. To validate this new approach, a dataset of mid-sagittal MR images acquired from four subjects was used, and key aspects of the shape of the tongue during the vocal production of relevant European Portuguese (EP) vowels were evaluated.

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“…Sonies et al [33] have adapted a non-invasive ultrasonographic technique to study tongue motion during speech and swallowing. This technique has the advantage of being simple, and it does not involve radiation exposure.…”

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Investigative Techniques in the Assessment of Oral-Pharyngeal Dysphagia

Cook

1998

Dig Dis

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Oral-pharyngeal dysphagia is a common problem with a high morbidity and mortality. In general, it is not managed as well as esophageal dysphagia by gastroenterologists. A number of techniques are now available for the assessment of oral-pharyngeal dysphagia. However, a careful clinical assessment followed by a video barium swallow is all that is required for the diagnosis and management in the majority of patients. Pharyngeal manometry is likely to play an increasingly important role in the assessment of difficult or atypical cases in whom it can provide functional information not achievable with videoradiography alone. Videolaryngoscopy is a quick and simple way of detecting structural lesions and of assessing deglutitive airway protection. Videolaryngoscopy is non-invasive and easily performed in an office setting. Ultrasonography is a convenient way of assessing lingual function, but provides no more information than the video barium swallow. Pharyngeal scintigraphy is likely to assume a greater clinical relevance as a means of quantifying swallow efficiency and response to therapy.

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Ultrasonic visualization of tongue motion during speech

Cited by 56 publications

References 4 publications

Tongue Movements in Feeding and Speech

Tongue Movements in Feeding and Speech

Segmentation of tongue shapes during vowel production in magnetic resonance images based on statistical modelling

Investigative Techniques in the Assessment of Oral-Pharyngeal Dysphagia

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