Two magnetic methods for articulatory measurements.
We present two magnetic methods for measuring articulatory activities. Unlike previous methods, the magnetic fields are uniform. Three alternating magnetic fields induce voltages in two detectors, a magnetic potentiometer and a flat coil. Thus we are able to measure jaw and tongue movements during speech production. These methods are biologically safe. The miniaturized detectors do not disturb the speech movements. Some preliminary results are presented. These methods can also be applied for other kinds of vectorial distance measurement.
D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D007568:Jaw / Q000502:physiology*; D008280:Magnetics; D011199:Potentiometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000502:physiology*