Affiliation:
1. Speech-Orofacial Physiology and Biomechanics Laboratories Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and Program in Neural Science Indiana University Bloomington
Abstract
A new device for the stimulation of intraoral tissues in human neonates is described. This instrument, known as an
actifier
, features a wide frequency range for mechanical stimulation, integrated multichannel electomyographic electrode pairs, and the capacity for transducing jaw compression during non-nutritive sucking behavior. The stimulus/recording interface consists of a modified pacifier. The actifier has been used to investigate the responsiveness of the sucking central pattern generator in human infants to mechanical perturbation.
Publisher
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Subject
Speech and Hearing,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
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