ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
An instrumentation system has been designed to investigate the relationship between auditory and oral tactile sensory processes. This instrumentation can be employed to obtain judgments of auditory and oral tactile sensation magnitudes by the psychophysical scaling methods of magnitude estimation and cross-modality matching. The stimulus generating units, stimulus measurement units, and psychophysical sensation magnitude scaling procedures are described. Previous research on the relationship of auditory and oral tactile sensory processes has frequently involved disruption of one or both sensory modes. The instrumentation system described permits investigation of these sensory channels in a nondisruptive manner. The results of two preliminary studies employing the described instrumentation and experimental techniques indicate that the system provides a viable means for investigating auditory and oral tactile sensory interactions in normal and speech-disordered subjects.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138672
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