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Coordinate Mapping of Hyolaryngeal Mechanics in Swallowing
Published on: May 6, 2014
A new flexible piezoelectric pressure sensor array for the noninvasive detection of laryngeal movement during
Makito Iizuka1, Masaaki Kobayashi2, Yoshimasa Hasegawa3
1Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8555, Japan. iizukam@med.showa-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
We tried to develop a new device to detect laryngeal movement noninvasively. We made small piezo pressure sensors (length, 1.5 mm, width, 7.0 mm), and five of these were lined up with 3.0-mm intervals and embedded in the middle of a palm-sized urethane resin sheet. This sheet was lightly attached to the ventral surface of the neck near the laryngeal prominence. The first and second peaks obtained from each sensor should correspond to the period when the larynx moves to the upper and lower positions during swallowing. The mean maximum rising velocities for men and women were about 0.08 and 0.11 m/s, respectively. Similarly, the mean maximum lowering velocities for men and women were about 0.09 and 0.11 m/s, respectively. The swallowing latencies for men and women were about 0.49 and 0.53 s, respectively. In conclusion, we succeeded in developing a new device, which will be useful in evaluating the swallowing function.
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