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This paper presents especially elaborated laboratory setup and computer software for visualizing the tongue surface movement and the changes of its shape using an ultrasonograph (USG). In the paper the acoustic properties of the tongue, the way of examination and the measurement set-up was described, as well. The elaborated setup allows us to computer-visualize and follow in real time the changes of the tongue shape in the process of vowel articulation, thus providing a visual feedback with the speaker. It can be one of the ways of treating speech defects and phoniatric rehabilitation in people with hearing disorders and pronunciation defects.
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Opielinski, K.J., Gudra, T., Migda, J. (2007). Computer Ultrasonic Imaging of the Tongue Shape Changes in the Process of Articulation of Vowels. In: Kurzynski, M., Puchala, E., Wozniak, M., Zolnierek, A. (eds) Computer Recognition Systems 2. Advances in Soft Computing, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75175-5_79
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