title: Lingual vibrotactile threshold and suprathreshold responses of normal-speaking black and white young adults.
abstract: A paradigm for studying oral sensory tactile function through use of single frequency vibration applied to the dorsal surface of the tongue was administered to a group of 10 young black women and 10 young white normal-speaking women. Analyses showed no differences between groups with regard to lingual vibrotactile threshold of sensitivity or suprathreshold magnitude-estimation scaling responses.
authors.affiliation: School of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Ohio University, Athens 45701.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fucci
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Petrosino
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Underwood
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology; D014059:Tongue / Q000294:innervation*; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D014732:Vibration