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6715803

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-6-18
pubmed:abstractText
By using ultrasound, a noninvasive imaging technique, we were able to compare tongue motion at rest and during speech production and resting tongue thickness in normal older and younger adults. Three sounds /i/, /a/, and /k/ were studied as representative of the basic patterns of tongue displacement during speaking. Midline sagittal tracings of tongue surface curvature were measured to determine thickness, degree, and direction of tongue displacement at rest and during phonation of the three sounds. Differences in direction and extent of tongue displacement were significant between young and old adults during production of /a/ but not /i/ or /k/. Older persons showed a significant diminution in tongue thickness during rest. We found no evidence that tongue function was affected. Ultrasound imaging thus appears to be a useful method for evaluating certain oral-motor functions during aging.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-1422
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
279-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Tongue motion in elderly adults: initial in situ observations.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article