Lingual vibrotactile threshold and suprathreshold responses of normal-speaking black and white young adults.
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.
Fucci
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School of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Ohio University, Athens 45701.
Petrosino
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Harris
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Belch
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Underwood
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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